Author/Authors :
Hayat, Wasfa Jinnah Hospital - Allama Iqbal Medical College - Department of Dermatology, Unit I, Pakistan , Zahra, Kanwal Jinnah Hospital - Allama Iqbal Medical College - Department of Dermatology, Unit I, Pakistan , Malik, Lamees Mahmood Jinnah Hospital - Allama Iqbal Medical College - Department of Dermatology, Unit I, Pakistan , Azfar, Nadia Ali Jinnah Hospital - Allama Iqbal Medical College - Department of Dermatology, Unit I, Pakistan , Jahangir, Mohammed Jinnah Hospital - Allama Iqbal Medical College - Department of Dermatology, Unit, Pakistan
Abstract :
Necrolytic acral erythema (NAE) is a newly recognized dermatosis which has been regarded as early cutaneous marker of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. It presents as a well demarcated, dusky, symmetrically distributed erythematous to violaceous eruption with marked hyperkeratosis and lichenification associated with pruritus or burning on the dorsal aspects of feet extending to the toes. It shows clinical and histopathological resemblance to other necrolytic erythemas. We report a case of a-55-year-old woman with itchy hyperpigmented papules and plaques on the feet for the last 6 months. Histopathology showed the features of necrolytic acral erythema
