title: Papular acrodermatitis of childhood (Gianotti-Crosti disease).
abstract: An 11-year-old boy had lentil-sized lichenoid papules, localized to the limbs and trunk, together with acute, nonicteric, hepatitis B surface antigen-positive hepatitis. The clinical picture and course were typical of Gianotti-Crosti disease. Monoclonal antibodies were used to study the lymphocyte subpopulations and surface antigens in the inflammatory infiltrate in frozen sections of a skin biopsy specimen. The results provide data on the pathogenic mechanism of the papular exanthem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Medical School of Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magyarlaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drobnitsch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D002081:Buttocks; D002648:Child; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male