Hydroa Vacciniforme - A Case Report / Hydroa vacciniforme - prikaz slučaja

A case of hydroa vacciniforme.

Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a rare and chronic pediatric disorder that is characterized by photosensitivity and recurrent vesicles that heal with vacciniforme scarring. The pathogenesis of HV is unknown; no chromosome abnormality has been identified. HV patients have no abnormal laboratory results, so the diagnosis of HV is based on identifying the associated histological findings in a biopsy s...

Hydroa vacciniforme.

CMAJ © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors 1 A10-year-old boy presented with a three-year history of recurrent lesions on photoexposed areas that worsened each summer. The boy had no family history of photosensitivity. Some vesicles and tiny depressed scars resembling chickenpox scars were present on his arms, face and ears. He had freckles on his face and a deep ulcer covered wi...

Extensive hydroa vacciniforme*

Hydroa Vaciniforme is a very rare photodermatosis that is mainly seen in childhood. An 18 year old female student reported that since the age of 5 she has been suffering necrotic lesions and vesicles lesions in exposed areas, leaving asymptomatic varioliform scars, which worsened in summer. Light microscopy showed epidermal necrosis with lymphocytic infiltration . Sunscreens were prescribed wit...

Hydroa vacciniforme affecting the eye.

Hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoma: a case report and literature review

Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a photosensitivity disorder in childhood characterized by recurrent vacciniform vesicles, necrotic ulcers, and scars on sun-exposed areas. HV-like lymphoma is a rare variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. HV, atypical HV and HV-like lymphoma belong to the spectrum of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoproliferative disorders. We report a fatal case of HV-like l...