Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1987 Dec;4(2):205-210. 10.12701/yujm.1987.4.2.205.

Three Cases of Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption

• Kim HS
• Hwang KY
• Choi JS
• Kim KH

• KMID: 2373958
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1987.4.2.205

Abstract

Kaposi's varicelliform eruption is a more or less generalized infection of the skin, and sometimes of internal organs, with herpes simplex, vaccinia or Coxsackie virus A 16; it appears in people who have atopic dermatitis or some other skin diseases. There is a predilection for infants and children, but no age-group is exempt. We reported 3 cases of Kaposi's varicelliform eruption with atopic dermatitis. They had characteristic multiple umbilicated vesicles on the sites that atopic dermatitis had been involved. A 14-year-old boy and a 2-month-old infant had fever. A 17-year-old boy had wide-spread vesicles. All three patients showed multinucleated giant cells on Tzanck test, that suggests herpes simplex virus origin. They were treated with acyclovir. Within 1 to 2 days after the initiation of the therapy, new lesions had ceased to develop. Most of the lesions were cleared in 7 days without complication.

MeSH Terms

Acyclovir
Adolescent
Child
Dermatitis, Atopic
Fever
Giant Cells
Herpes Simplex
Humans
Infant
Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption*
Male
Simplexvirus
Skin
Skin Diseases
Vaccinia
Acyclovir