Epidermodysplasia verruciformis-like syndrome in association with systemic lupus erythematosus.
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.
Holmes
Cara
C
Skin and Cancer Foundation, Victoria, Australia. holmescara@yahoo.com.au
Chong
Alvin H
AH
Tabrizi
Sepehr N
SN
Downes
Nicholas
N
Nindl
Ingo
I
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