Degos’s Disease: from a benign form to a malignant course
- Authors: Nikolayeva K.I.1, Ufimtseva M.A.1, Bochkaryev Y.M.1, Tsaregorodtseva A.A.1, Gurkovskaya Y.P.1, Mylnikova Y.S.1, Matusevich S.L.2
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Affiliations:
- Ural State Medical University
- Tyumen State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 100, No 4 (2024)
- Pages: 94-100
- Section: CLINICAL CASE REPORTS
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0042-4609/article/view/263393
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.25208/vdv16754
- ID: 263393
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Abstract
Degos disease or atrophic papulosis is a rare chronic occlusive vasculopathy with an unknown pathogenesis. To date the disease is divided into a benign long-term skin form and a malignant systemic form with damage to the organs of the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system, which is accompanied by a high risk of death. The described clinical case of a man with a benign cutaneous form of Degos disease demonstrates a rare variant of the disease with erosive and ulcerative lesions of the penis. The skin process on the trunk and extremities is represented by typical pale pink papules with atrophic scars in the center as well as erosions and ulcers on the skin of the penis. During the follow-up, the patient developed thrombosis and gangrene of the small intestine, which may indicate the development of a systemic disease and malignancy of Degos disease. We continue to monitor the patient.
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Kristina I. Nikolayeva
Ural State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: kris-nikol@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5879-2018
SPIN-code: 5428-7774
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation, 3 Repina street,620028 YekaterinburgMarina A. Ufimtseva
Ural State Medical University
Email: mail-m@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4335-9334
SPIN-code: 4753-7210
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, 3 Repina street,620028 YekaterinburgYuriy M. Bochkaryev
Ural State Medical University
Email: bochkarev.ju.m@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6298-7216
SPIN-code: 3830-2810
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation, 3 Repina street,620028 YekaterinburgAnna A. Tsaregorodtseva
Ural State Medical University
Email: anya.tsaregorodtseva@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1696-0543
SPIN-code: 2980-4803
Russian Federation, 3 Repina street,620028 Yekaterinburg
Yevgeniya P. Gurkovskaya
Ural State Medical University
Email: gurkovskaya-e@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7535-5429
SPIN-code: 9311-3854
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation, 3 Repina street,620028 YekaterinburgYekaterina S. Mylnikova
Ural State Medical University
Email: e.s.mylnikova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8620-4044
SPIN-code: 5101-0075
Russian Federation, 3 Repina street,620028 Yekaterinburg
Sergey L. Matusevich
Tyumen State Medical University
Email: Slvovich72@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0005-1517-5764
SPIN-code: 9758-6390
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor
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