Acute exanthem and pancreatic panniculitis in a patient with primary HIV infection and haemophagocytic syndrome

• Published in: British journal of dermatology (1951) Vol. 134; no. 4; pp. 804 - 807
• Main Authors: MARTÍNEZ-ESCRIBANO, J.A., PEDRO, F., SABATER, V., QUECEDO, E., NAVARRO, V., ALIAGA, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-04-1996; Blackwell
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; AIDS/HIV; Biological and medical sciences; Exanthema - etiology; Exanthema - pathology; Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell - etiology; HIV Infections - complications; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Male; Medical sciences; Pancreatitis - etiology; Panniculitis - etiology; Panniculitis - pathology; Skin Diseases, Viral - etiology; Skin Diseases, Viral - pathology; Human; Immunopathology; Skin disease; Acute; Exanthema; Panniculitis; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Infection; Case study; Pathology; Viral disease; Digestive diseases; Adipose tissue disorders; Pancreatic disease
• ISSN: 0007-0963; 1365-2133
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.102815.x

Summary
We report a patient with an acute infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), who initially presented due to a mononucleosis‐like illness that included a rash on the upper trunk and limbs, and oral ulceration. The patient developed a Hemophagocytic syndrome with severe systemic involvement. Three weeks after the initial presentation, lesions of a pancreatic panniculitis appeared on both legs.