Cutaneous necrotising vasculitis induced by levamisole.

Abstract

Cutaneous necrotising vasculitis induced by levamisoleThe anthelmintic agent levamisole has immunostimulant properties in patients with defective cell-mediated immune responses.We are assessing the drug in patients with breast cancer to see whether it can maintain surgically induced remission.One such patient developed a severe cutaneous necrotising vasculitis, which disappeared once the drug was withdrawn. Case reportA 59-year-old woman had been receiving thrice-weekly levamisole 150