An Adult Case of Hydroa Vacciniforme

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 of an adult: a case report with review of the literature

UNLABELLED Hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoma (HVL) is a rare type of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive lymphoma of cytotoxic T-cell or natural killer cell origin that mainly affect children, characterized by a vesicopapular skin eruption that clinically resemble hydroa vacciniforme (HV). In current study, we report an adult patient with the tumor. The patient presented similar morphologic, immu...

A Case of Epstein-Barr Virus-associated Hydroa Vacciniforme.

Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a photosensitivity disorder characterized by recurrent necrotic vesiculopapules on sun-exposed areas, which heal spontaneously during adolescence. Recently, an association has been reported between latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and atypical HV-like eruption and malignant potential. However, latent EBV infection has also been reported in the setting of typ...