Localized psoriasis herpeticum: Case report and review of literature

Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) is a widespread cutaneous eruption caused by viruses, especially herpes simplex virus in patients with pre-existing dermatoses. “Psoriasis herpeticum” refers to the rare occurrence of KVE in patients with psoriasis. We report a case of KVE localized to the...

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Autores principales: George, Mamatha, Pakran, Jaheersha, Rajan, Uma, George, Sandhya, Thomas, Sumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23130208
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.79863
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description Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) is a widespread cutaneous eruption caused by viruses, especially herpes simplex virus in patients with pre-existing dermatoses. “Psoriasis herpeticum” refers to the rare occurrence of KVE in patients with psoriasis. We report a case of KVE localized to the face in a patient with exfoliative dermatitis secondary to psoriasis. This case is being reported to make the treating clinician aware of the possibility of KVE in patients with psoriatic erythroderma.
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spelling pubmed-34818012012-11-05 Localized psoriasis herpeticum: Case report and review of literature George, Mamatha Pakran, Jaheersha Rajan, Uma George, Sandhya Thomas, Sumi Indian Dermatol Online J Case Report Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) is a widespread cutaneous eruption caused by viruses, especially herpes simplex virus in patients with pre-existing dermatoses. “Psoriasis herpeticum” refers to the rare occurrence of KVE in patients with psoriasis. We report a case of KVE localized to the face in a patient with exfoliative dermatitis secondary to psoriasis. This case is being reported to make the treating clinician aware of the possibility of KVE in patients with psoriatic erythroderma. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3481801/ /pubmed/23130208 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5178.79863 Text en © Indian Dermatology Online Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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