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Epidermodysplasia verruciformis‐like syndrome in association with systemic lupus erythematosus
Author(s) -
Holmes Cara,
Chong Alvin H,
Tabrizi Sepehr N,
Downes Nicholas,
Nindl Ingo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2008.00502.x
Subject(s) - epidermodysplasia verruciformis , medicine , dermatology , human papillomavirus , genotyping , papillomatosis , typing , rash , pathology , genotype , biology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
SUMMARY A 43 year‐old immunosuppressed woman presented with a widespread macular scaly rash, clinically and histologically consistent with epidermodysplasia verruciformis. She had no family history of epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Human papillomavirus typing was performed on both biopsied skin from clinical lesions and on plucked body hairs. The lesional skin from the arm and knee showed predominantly human papillomavirus‐20 and ‐47 respectively. Human papillomavirus genotyping from the hair follicles revealed that human papillomavirus‐20 had the highest viral load, irrespective of body site.