title: Dermatomal lichenoid chronic graft-vs-host disease following varicella-zoster infection despite absence of viral genome.
abstract: Localized cutaneous graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) following a dermatomal distribution or in a pattern of Blaschko's lines. Some authors have postulated that dermatomal GVHD is triggered by a varicella-zoster virus infection, although in reported cases, there was no history of a preceding herpes zoster. We describe a case of GVHD localized to the exact dermatome of a culture-proven varicella-zoster virus infection. PCR analysis failed to detect persistence of viral genome in the affected skin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baselga
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Drolet
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Segura
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Leonardi
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Esterly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D017193:Skin Diseases, Viral / Q000473:pathology*