title: Papular acrodermatitis of childhood: the Gianotti-Crosti syndrome.
abstract: Papular acrodermatitis of childhood (PAC), also known as Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, is a self-limited disorder with acute onset generalized lymphadenopathy and monomorphic lentil-sized, dense, nonconfluent, symmetric, flat-topped, non-pruritic papules. We describe 2 patients, one with anicteric hepatitis, lymphocytosis, and positive hepatitis B surface antigenemia, and the other with a cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Vilnius Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baleviciené
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maciuleviciené
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications