Systemic sclerosis-like lesions during long-term penicillamine therapy for Wilson's disease

Br J Dermatol. 1987 Jan;116(1):95-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1987.tb05795.x.

Abstract

Systemic sclerosis-like lesions developed in a 14-year-old boy with Wilson's disease who had been treated with D-penicillamine for 11 years. Clinical and laboratory manifestations included proximal scleroderma, pulmonary restrictive defects, positive antinuclear antibodies, and the deposition of C3 at the dermal-epidermal junction of the lesional skin. This is the first case reported in which long-term administration of penicillamine was followed by the development of systemic sclerosis-like lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / drug therapy*
  • Hepatolenticular Degeneration / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Penicillamine / adverse effects*
  • Penicillamine / therapeutic use
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / chemically induced*
  • Scleroderma, Systemic / pathology

Substances

  • Penicillamine