title: Epidermodysplasia verruciformis-like syndrome in association with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: A 43 year-old immunosuppressed woman presented with a widespread macular scaly rash, clinically and histologically consistent with epidermodysplasia verruciformis. She had no family history of epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Human papillomavirus typing was performed on both biopsied skin from clinical lesions and on plucked body hairs. The lesional skin from the arm and knee showed predominantly human papillomavirus-20 and -47 respectively. Human papillomavirus genotyping from the hair follicles revealed that human papillomavirus-20 had the highest viral load, irrespective of body site.
authors.affiliation: Skin and Cancer Foundation, Victoria, Australia. holmescara@yahoo.com.au
authors.forename: Cara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: Alvin H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Sepehr N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Downes
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nindl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D004819:Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000821:virology; D013577:Syndrome; D019562:Viral Load