Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome, Papular Acrodermatitis, Viral Infections, Exanthem - DermAtlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Gianotti-Crosti syndrome papular acrodermatitis viral infections, exanthem

Body Site

hand knee leg

Age

16 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

A healthy toddler developed an asymptomatic widespread but primarily acrally distributed symmetric red edeamtous papular eruption which lasted for 2 months before resolving without treatment. Serologic studies were positive for acute infection with Epstein-Barr virus infection.

Description

acrally distributed symmetric edematous pink papules

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4/7/2001 16:34:11

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