GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HERPES-VIRUS - A PERSISTENT,PAINFUL, POSTHERPETIC PAPULAR ERUPTION

Authors
SNOW JL ELAZHARY RA GIBSON LE ESTES SA ESPY RJ SMITH TF
Citation
Jl. Snow et al., GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HERPES-VIRUS - A PERSISTENT,PAINFUL, POSTHERPETIC PAPULAR ERUPTION, Mayo Clinic proceedings, 72(9), 1997, pp. 851-853
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Mayo Clinic proceedings → ACNP
ISSN journal
00256196
Volume
72
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
851 - 853
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-6196(1997)72:9<851:GVAWH->2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Cutaneous granulomatous vasculitis manifesting as a postherpetic react ion pattern is uncommon and has previously been reported as a delayed complication of varicella-zoster virus infection, We describe three pa tients who had persistent, painful, postherpetic papules in a zosterif orm distribution that histologically demonstrated a small vessel granu lomatous vasculitis, Herpes simplex virus DNA detected by the polymera se chain reaction technique was demonstrated in two cases.