Epidermodysplasia verruciformis with Hansen's disease, herpes simplex labialis and multiple eccrine hidradenoma

Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) - a rare, lifelong heritable disease due to a unique susceptibility to human papilloma virus. The disseminated verrucous lesions or pityriasis versicolor like lesions persist from early childhood and can transform into a cutaneous malignancy in a fourth of patien...

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of dermatology 2009-01, Vol.54 (5), p.53
Hauptverfasser: Padmavathy, L, Rao, L, Ethirajan, N, Krishnaswamy, B, Manohar, U
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Zusammenfassung:Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) - a rare, lifelong heritable disease due to a unique susceptibility to human papilloma virus. The disseminated verrucous lesions or pityriasis versicolor like lesions persist from early childhood and can transform into a cutaneous malignancy in a fourth of patients. The association of EV with multiple eccrine hidradenoma, herpes simplex labialis and Hansen's disease is a very rare occurrence and is reported in a 25-year-old woman.
ISSN:0019-5154
1998-3611
DOI:10.4103/0019-5154.45457