Kaposi수두양 발진 3예

Three Cases of Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption

저자들은 기종피부질환으로 아토피 피부염을 가진 환자에서 발생한 herpes virus에 의한 것으로 추정되는 Kaposi 수두양 발진 3예를 경험하였고 acyclovir를 사용하여 현저한 치유효과를 보았다.

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.