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Lyme Disease as a Cause of Acropapular Dermatitis of Childhood
Author(s) -
KENNEDY CAITLIN E.,
AZFAR RAHAT S.,
HONIG PAUL J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00863.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , buttocks , lyme disease , exanthem , disease , early childhood , immunology , pathology , surgery , psychology , developmental psychology
Acropapular dermatitis of childhood is a symmetric self‐limited papulovesicular exanthem that classically occurs on the cheeks, extensor extremities, and buttocks in young children. The eruption of acropapular dermatitis of childhood represents a reaction to a variety of infections usually of viral origin. We present a child with typical findings of acropapular dermatitis of childhood whose serologic workup revealed an acute Lyme infection.