VIRAL RASH…OR SOMETHING MORE?

  • Joana Carvalho Interna do Internato Complementar de Pediatria/Resident of Pediatrics, Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os- Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Unidade de Vila Real, Portugal
  • Joana Cotrim Interna do Internato Complementar de Pediatria/Resident of Pediatrics, Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os- Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Unidade de Vila Real, Portugal
  • Aida Sá Interna do Internato Complementar de Pediatria/Resident of Pediatrics, Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os- Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Unidade de Vila Real, Portugal
  • Márcia Quaresma Assistente Hospitalar Graduada/Graduated Consultant of Pediatrics, Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os- Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Unidade de Vila Real, Portugal
  • Fátima Dias Chefe de Serviço/Consultant Chief, Serviço de Pediatria, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (CHTMAD), Unidade de Vila Real, Portugal
  • Purificacion Dominguez Assistente Hospitalar Graduada/Graduated Consultant of Dermatology, Serviço de Dermatologia, CHTMAD, Unidade de Vila Real, Portugal
Keywords: Acrodermatitis, Exanthema, Epstein-Barr virus infections

Abstract

Gianotti-Crosti syndrome is a papular or papulovesicular eruption, monomorphous, symmetrically distributed in the face, members and buttocks. We present a clinical case of a four year old boy with a monomorphous papulovesicular exanthema in the extensor aspects of forearm and legs and buttocks, preceded by a upper respiratory tract infection eight days before. The laboratory investigation showed activated lymphocytes, elevated liver enzymes and serologic evidence of acute Epstein-Barr virus infection. Gianotti-Crosti syndrome is an established clinical entity often misdiagnosed. The diagnosis is important as it excludes other pathologies, allowing reassure parents, because of its possible long evolution.

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Published
2014-07-02
How to Cite
Carvalho, J., Cotrim, J., Sá, A., Quaresma, M., Dias, F., & Dominguez, P. (2014). VIRAL RASH…OR SOMETHING MORE?. Journal of the Portuguese Society of Dermatology and Venereology, 71(3), 377-382. https://doi.org/10.29021/spdv.71.3.196
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Case Reports