Hydroa vacciniforme as a differential diagnosis of atopic dermatitis

Hydroa vacciniforme as a differential diagnosis of atopic dermatitis

Results Patient’s symptoms started at age 4, presenting with vesiculopapular eruptions and pruritus on photoexposed areas, evolving into crusts. She had been treated with anti-histamines and topical steroids for several years, with no improvement. Sometimes the patient referred other associated symptoms, including dizziness, dyspnea, chest pain and strong pain in the thighs. Additional treatmen...

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...

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...

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.