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A Child with PFAPA Syndrome Complicated by Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta
Author(s) -
IBA YOSHINORI,
SUGIMOTO KEISUKE,
SAKATA NAOKI,
KAWADA AKIRA,
TAKEMURA TSUKASA
Publication year - 2011
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.1525-1470.2011.01390.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology
We encountered a boy with periodic fever, aphthous‐stomatitis, pharyngitis, adenitis syndrome, complicated by a papular rash representing pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta. Proinflammatory cytokines have been implicated in both diseases and may represent the underlying common immunologic mechanism causing the two diseases.