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Kaposi varicelliform eruption associated with 0.1% tacrolimus ointment treatment in atopic blepharitis
Minori Miyake-Kashima1, Kazumi Fukagawa, Mari Tanaka
1Department of Ophthalmology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba 272-8513, Japan. minori.miyake@nifty.ne.jp
Cornea
|April 13, 2004
Abstract
Objective:
To report the association of Kaposi varicelliform eruption (KVE) with 0.1% tacrolimus ointment treatment of atopic blepharitis in a patient with atopic dermatitis (AD).
Method:
We encountered KVE in a 20-year-old male patient with atopic blepharitis and AD who developed generalized herpetic lesions on his face 28 days after commencement of treatment.
Result:
The lesions resolved quickly with intravenous acyclovir treatment.
Conclusion:
Ophthalmologists should be well aware of KVE as a complication of immunosuppressive treatment in patients with atopic blepharitis.