Successful treatment of gangrene in systemic necrotizing vasculitis with iloprost.

Abstract	Systemic necrotizing vasculitis is uncommon in children and may be rarely associated with gangrene. We describe a 3-yr-old girl with parvovirus B19-induced necrotizing vasculitis whose digital gangrene was successfully treated with iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue.
Authors	F Zulian, C Costantini, M C Montesco, F Schiavon, F Zacchello
Journal	British journal of rheumatology (Br J Rheumatol) Vol. 37 Issue 2 Pg. 228-30 (Feb 1998) ISSN: 0263-7103 [Print] England
PMID	9569082 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References	Antibodies, Viral Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors Iloprost
Topics	Antibodies, Viral (analysis) Child, Preschool Female Fingers (pathology) Gangrene (drug therapy, pathology, virology) Humans Iloprost (therapeutic use) Parvoviridae Infections (complications, drug therapy) Parvovirus B19, Human (immunology) Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors (therapeutic use) Polyarteritis Nodosa (drug therapy, pathology, virology)

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