Foamy Macrophages in a Case of Mononucleosis With Amoxicillin-Induced Rash, Hyperlipidemia, and Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Author:

Gonzalez-Lopez Guillermo12ORCID,Fried Isabella1,Schadelbauer Eva1,Cerroni Lorenzo1

Affiliation:

1. Research Unit of Dermatopathology, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; and

2. Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

Abstract: A 38-year-old man presented with fever, cough, and jaundice. Four days before, he had started taking amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. He subsequently developed a morbilliform rash, and, according to clinical features and blood analyses, a diagnosis of mononucleosis with Epstein–Barr virus–associated antibiotic-induced exanthema and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis was made. A skin biopsy revealed a superficial perivascular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate with interface dermatitis and many foamy macrophages in the papillary dermis and around the vessels of the superficial dermal plexus. A blood lipid test uncovered marked hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. After treatment with dexamethasone and immunoglobulin, the skin rash, liver function, and lipid profile progressively improved. Xanthomatous cells have been observed in skin biopsies of acute graft-versus-host disease with liver involvement, and these cells have been suggested to represent a clue to the presence of hepatic disease. In our case, underlying cholestatic hepatopathy with hyperlipidemia was present. We believe that the incidental finding of foamy cells in graft-versus-host disease cases and in our case are likely related to the presence of severe liver disease with cholestatic hepatopathy and secondary hyperlipidemia in different background conditions.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Dermatology,General Medicine,Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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