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Published on: September 14, 2010
Kaposi's varicelliform eruption in an HIV-positive patient after laser resurfacing
M Rodriguez-Serna1, P Mercader, J Pardo
1Department of Dermatology, Hospital General Universitario, Avd Tres Cruces, S/N Valencia 46014, Spain.
Abstract:
Kaposi's varicelliform eruption (KVE) is an infection produced by the cutaneous dissemination of herpes virus type 1 or 2. Usually this disease has been described in atopic patients. In this report we present an HIV-positive woman with a Kaposi's varicelliform eruption that started after skin resurfacing with a laser. This is the first report, to the best of our knowledge, of Kaposi's varicelliform eruption after laser resurfacing. The immunodepressed status of the patient may have played a role in her infection.
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