An Unusual Case of Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome.
- Author:
Seok Jin HONG
1
;
Sam Hyeong KIM
;
Hoon KANG
;
Sook Ja SON
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Gianotti-Crosti syndrome;
Measles vaccination
- MeSH:
Acrodermatitis*;
Antibodies;
Hepatitis Viruses;
Herpesvirus 3, Human;
Herpesvirus 4, Human;
Humans;
Infant;
Lower Extremity;
Male;
Measles;
Measles virus;
Skin;
Vaccination
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1997;35(4):830-834
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report herein a case of Gianotti-Crosti syndrome showing unusual features. A 12-month-old male patient presented with papular skin lesions on his face and papulovesicular skin lesions on the trunk, upper and lower extremities, which were distributed symmetrically. Three days before the skin eruptions, he had been immunized with a measles vaccination. Serologically, antigens of the type B hepatitis virus and antibodies to coxsackie virus B-4, Epstein-Barr virus, and varicella-zoster virus were all negative and antibodies to the measles virus (IgG, IgM) and the type B hepatitis virus were positive. After conservative treatment the skin lesions subsided with exfoliation within 4 weeks. An association with the measles vaccination and the initial papulovesicular skin lesions are considered as peculiar features of this case.
