A Case of Severe Disseminated Autoeczematization Secondary to Cellulitis.

Autoeczematization, the dissemination of a local eczematous reaction to a distal site, is closely associated with lower extremity edema. Our patient is a 50-year-old man with a past medical history of drug-induced lupus to hydralazine and recent bilateral cellulitis in his lower extremities. He was presented with complaints of vesicles on his palms and soles and a scaling rash that had spread over his torso, arms, and trunk. Laboratory studies found no evidence of an active rheumatological condition with complement C3 and C4 levels being normal and no anti-dsDNA, anti-histone, anti-Smith, anti-ribonucleoprotein (anti-RNP), anti-centromere, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), anti-Ro, or anti-La antibodies present. Moreover, syphilis, HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, rickettsia antibody, and

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