title: Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption in Atopic Dermatitis treated with Korean medicine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This case report is to present a complete recovery from Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) that occurred in a patient with atopic dermatitis by applying Korean Medicine therapies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hwangyeonhaedoktang pharmacopuncture (HP), 0.3 mL, and 25% bee venom pharmacopuncture (BVP), 0.1 mL, were injected, 0.2 mL each, at both BL13 acupoints once a day in the morning. Acupuncture was applied at Sama Upper, Middle and Lower of the Master Tung acupuncture points and at ST44 on the left lateral for 30 minutes twice a day. The affected face was gauze dressed with mixture of 2.0 mL HP and 1.0 mL 25% BVP with 20 mL of normal saline twice a day. Herbal Medicine, Seungmagalgeuntang, was administered three times a day after each meal.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Rashes and papules on the face were completely cleared after 10 days of treatments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  KVE, an acute and urgent dermatitis, can be effectively treated with Korean medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Dermatology, Korean Medicine Hospital, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Jin
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Dermatology, Korean Medicine Hospital, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Korean Medicine Hospital, Sangji University, Wonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Dermatology, Korean Medicine Hospital, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Seo
keywords: Kaposi’s varicelliform eruption; atopic dermatitis; bee venom pharmacopuncture; eczema herpeticum; herbal medicine; hwangyeonhaedoktang pharmacopuncture