title: Psoriasiform eruption associated with graft-versus-host disease.
abstract: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a frequent complication of bone marrow transplantation (BMT) that can be classified as acute or chronic. Characteristic cutaneous manifestations of acute GVHD, which generally occurs within 3 months following BMT, include maculopapular exanthema and perifollicular papular lesions. Psoriasiform skin eruption as a manifestation of acute GVHD is rare. We report the case of a 4-year-old boy who developed a generalized psoriasiform eruption shortly after undergoing an allogeneic BMT. Histologic features of both psoriasis and acute GVHD were present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8575, Japan. kyasuhir@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shijima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Fujio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Otsuka
mesh_terms: D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006086:Graft vs Host Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous