Bacillary angiomatosis following the use of long-term methotrexate therapy: a case report

W V Med J. 2006 Jan-Feb;102(1):317-8.

Abstract

Bacillary angiomatosis, a rare and possibly fatal disease, occurs mainly in HIV-infected patients. However, it has been reported in patients with cancer and in recipients of solid organs receiving immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporine. This case report describes a 66-year-old man who came to dermatology practice in Clarksburg for an initial visit. He had a longstanding history of psoriasis and psoriatric arthritis treated with methotrexate. A biopsy of a skin lesion on his neck confirmed the diagnosis of bacillary angiomatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angiomatosis, Bacillary / chemically induced*
  • Angiomatosis, Bacillary / diagnosis
  • Angiomatosis, Bacillary / drug therapy
  • Arthritis, Psoriatic / drug therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Susceptibility / chemically induced
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Folic Acid Antagonists / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / adverse effects*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Folic Acid Antagonists
  • Doxycycline
  • Methotrexate