Two Cases of Chronic Cutaneous Graft-versus-host-reaction on the Site of Healed Herpes Zoster as an Isotopic Response.
- Author:
Young Bok LEE
1
;
Hyun Jeong PARK
;
Jun Young LEE
;
Baik Kee CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. jylee@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Chronic graft-versus-host reaction;
Herpes zoster;
Isotopic response
- MeSH:
Herpes Zoster;
Numismatics;
Skin;
Skin Diseases;
Wolves
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2008;46(1):90-93
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The term 'isotopic response' was coined by Wolf to describe the emergence of a new skin disease at the site of another, unrelated, and already healed skin disease; most commonly herpes zoster. In the dermatologic literature, although a number of cutaneous lesions have been observed to develop at the site of healed herpes zoster, chronic cutaneous graft-versus-host reaction has been rarely reported. We herein report two cases of chronic cutaneous graftversus-host reaction which clinically presented as an isotopic response.
