Diseases

Malignant Atrophic Papulosis

Variously described as a vasculopathy, endovasculitis, or occlusive arteriopathy, this condition occurs in a benign cutaneous form and a lethal multiorgan systemic variant. It is characterized by a narrowing and occlusion of the lumen of small to medium-sized blood vessels, leading to ischemia and infarction in the involved organ systems. The etiology and pathophysiology are unknown.

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Variously described as a vasculopathy, endovasculitis, or occlusive arteriopathy, this condition occurs in a benign cutaneous form and a lethal multiorgan systemic variant. It is characterized by a narrowing and occlusion of the lumen of small to medium-sized blood vessels, leading to ischemia and infarction in the involved organ systems. The etiology and pathophysiology are unknown.

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  • Degos Disease
  • Degos Syndrome
  • Degos's Malignant Atrophic Papulosis
  • Kohlmeier-Degos Disease
  • Papulosis, Malignant Atrophic
  • Atrophic Papuloses, Malignant
  • Atrophic Papulosis, Malignant
  • Disease, Degos
  • Disease, Kohlmeier-Degos
  • Malignant Atrophic Papuloses
  • Papuloses, Malignant Atrophic
  • Syndrome, Degos
  • Erythrokeratoderma en cocardes

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

malignant does not refer to neoplasm; do not confuse with the neoplasm ACANTHOMA, DEGOS see ACANTHOMA

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2008

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Malignant Atrophic Papulosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054853. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054853
  2. Malignant Atrophic Papulosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degos_disease
  3. Malignant Atrophic Papulosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q911136