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Varicella Precipitating Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease

  1. Juan A. Hervás M.D., Ph.D.1,*,
  2. Ana Martín-Santiago M.D.2,
  3. Daniel Hervás M.D.1,
  4. Cristina Gómez M.D.3,
  5. Joaquín Dueñas M.D.4,
  6. Jordi Reina M.D., Ph.D.5

Article first published online: 29 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/pde.12008

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Hervás, J. A., Martín-Santiago, A., Hervás, D., Gómez, C., Dueñas, J. and Reina, J. (2012), Varicella Precipitating Febrile Ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann Disease. Pediatric Dermatology. doi: 10.1111/pde.12008

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  1. 1

    Institute of Health Sciences-IUNIC, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

  2. 2

    Department of Dermatology, Son Espases University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, Son Espases University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

  4. 4

    Department of Pediatrics, Son Espases University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

  5. 5

    Department of Microbiology, Son Espases University Hospital, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

*Address correspondence to Juan A. Hervás, M.D., Ph.D., University Institute of Health Sciences-IUNICS, Ctra de Valldemosa 79, 2010 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, or e-mail: jhervashp@yahoo.es.

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  1. Article first published online: 29 OCT 2012

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Abstract

We report a 9-year-old boy with skin lesions clinically and histologically compatible with pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta that evolved to the severe variant febrile ulceronecrotic Mucha-Habermann disease and finally to pityriasis lichenoides chronica. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) was isolated in culture medium from the skin lesions and serum serology was positive for VZV. This is the first time that a virus has been isolated in culture in this condition.

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