Since its first description in 1887 as the appearance of psoriatic lesions in the uninvolved skin of psoriatic patients as a consequence of trauma, the Koebner phenomenon has been described in numerous diseases. Several types of injury can trigger the Koebner phenomenon, such as physical injury, surgical wound, irritation, sunburn, or radiation therapy. In this report, we describe a 43-year-old woman who developed erythema multiforme which was accompanied by the Koebner phenomenon after getting acupuncture and cupping glass therapy. The purpose of the report is to broaden our awareness of the spectrum of injury that can trigger the Koebner phenomenon.
Acupuncture ; Adult ; Erythema ; Erythema Multiforme ; Female ; Glass ; Humans ; Intraoperative Complications ; Skin ; Sunburn

Adult ; Erythema ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Leprosy ; complications ; Male

Erythema Multiforme ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Hyperpigmentation ; etiology ; Middle Aged

Adult ; Erythema ; etiology ; Female ; Humans ; Leprosy ; complications ; diagnosis

Abortion, Habitual ; complications ; Antibodies, Antiphospholipid ; blood ; Antiphospholipid Syndrome ; complications ; pathology ; therapy ; Erythema ; complications ; Heart Valve Diseases ; complications ; Humans ; Kidney Diseases ; complications ; Skin Diseases ; complications ; Thrombosis ; complications

Annular erythema (AE) associated with anti-Ro (SSA) and/or La (SSB) autoantibody in patients with Sjogren syndrome (SS) or with SS/systemic lupus erythematosus overlap syndrome (SS/SLE), has recently been described in Orientals, and it may be a counterpart of annular skin lesion of the subacute cutaneous LE seen mostly in Caucasians. The author examined five Korean AE patients in respect to dinical diversity. In this small-sample study, subtle differences appeared between individual cases regarding the serologic features and the diagnoses of the disease. Among the five cases, four had circulating anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies, and one had only anti-La. Regarding the diagnosis, one was SS/SLE, two were primary SS, and the remaining two were only "AE associated with anti-Ro/La antibody". There seem to be a wide clinical spectrum in the disease expression of AE associated with anti-Ro/La autoantibody than previously thought.
Adolescence ; Adult ; Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology* ; Case Report ; Erythema/immunology* ; Erythema/etiology ; Female ; Human ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology* ; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications ; Male ; Sjogren's Syndrome/immunology* ; Sjogren's Syndrome/complications

Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP), also known as a polymorphic eruption of pregnancy, is the most common dermatosis of pregnancy. Typically, PUPPP starts with erythema and urticarial papular eruption in the abdominal striae and may extend to the buttocks and thighs. It usually evolves in the third trimester and resolves rapidly in the postpartum. It is not usually recurrent in subsequent pregnancies. We report herein two patients with postpartum PUPPP.
Buttocks ; Erythema ; Female ; Humans ; Postpartum Period ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications ; Pregnancy Trimester, Third ; Pruritus ; Skin Diseases ; Thigh

Anemia ; etiology ; Erythema ; etiology ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Fever ; etiology ; Humans ; Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ; complications ; diagnosis ; Infant

OBJECTIVETo study the relationship between human parvovirus B19 infection and childhood idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) by the principle of evidence based medicine.

METHODSPapers related to the relationship between human parvovirus B19 infection and childhood ITP published between 1994 and 2008 were retrieved electronically from the Chinese Journals Full-text Database and the Wanfang Data. These relevant papers on case-control trials were statistically studied by meta analysis.

RESULTSEight papers that met the inclusion criteria were included for this meta analysis. Five hundred and sixteen cases of childhood ITP and 246 healthy controls were enrolled. The meta analysis showed that the incidence of human parvovirus B19 infection in the ITP group was significantly higher than that in the control group (OR=13.71, 95% CI=7.07-26.59, Z=7.75, p<0.01).

CONCLUSIONSHuman parvovirus B19 infection is closely associated with childhood ITP.

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients with compromised immunity are prone to hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to opportunistic infections.This paper reports a rare case of hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to human parvovirus B19 infection in an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patient,and analyzes the clinical characteristics,aiming to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and prevent missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis.
Humans ; Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic/drug therapy* ; Erythema Infectiosum/complications* ; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/complications* ; Parvoviridae Infections/diagnosis* ; Parvovirus B19, Human