Acquired epidermodysplasia verruciformis in an HIV positive child. Report of a case

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare genodermatosis whose main feature is a genetic predisposition to persistent skin infection by different serotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV). In recent years, an EV-like syndrome has been described in patients with impaired cell-mediated immunity, in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nasza dermatologia online 2015-01, Vol.6 (1), p.32-35
Hauptverfasser: Rodríguez, Lourdes, Contreras, Romina, Di Martino Ortiz, Beatriz, Bolla de Lezcano, Lourdes
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Zusammenfassung:Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare genodermatosis whose main feature is a genetic predisposition to persistent skin infection by different serotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV). In recent years, an EV-like syndrome has been described in patients with impaired cell-mediated immunity, including patients with HIV. We report the case of a teenage female patient with congenital infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which has similar lesions to classical EV.
ISSN:2081-9390
2081-9390
DOI:10.7241/ourd.20151.07