LINEAR IGA DERMATOSIS - A NEW CAUSE OF FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN

We describe a 60-year-old patient who presented with prolonged fever, weight loss, adenopathies and malaise. Two months later, an aphthous s tomatitis and pharyngitis developed, together with ulcerations bilater ally in the groin. Two separate skin biopsies revealed the diagnosis o f linear IgA dermatosis. This entity, which is well known to dermatolo gists but not to internists, should be added to the extensive list of disorders than can provoke the syndrome of fever of unknown origin.