A Case of Herpetic Folliculitis.
- Author:
Eun Young CHUN
1
;
Jae Yong CHANG
;
Sang Dai SHIM
;
Young Hun CHO
;
Joo Hee LEE
;
You Chan KIM
;
Dongsik BANG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dbang@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Folliculitis;
Herpes virus;
Viral infection
- MeSH:
Adult;
Epithelium;
Folliculitis*;
Giant Cells;
Humans;
Shoulder;
Skin
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2005;43(2):287-290
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Although herpetic skin infections are very common, herpetic folliculitis is not often reported in the literature. It has varied presentations, some of which are clinically atypical requiring histopathological confirmation of follicular involvement. We report a case of herpetic folliculitis which developed on the left shoulder of a 36-year-old man with painful erythematous grouped papules, but without vesicles. On histopathologic examination of a papular lesion, viral cytopathologic changes such as ballooning degeneration and giant cell formation, were observed within the follicular epithelium, thus we could diagnose this case as a viral folliculitis. The patient was treated with an antiviral agent, and the lesions subsided within several days.
