Kaposis Varicelliform Eruption With Ocular Involv

Authors: Gemma Sais Anna Jucglà Neus Curcó Jordi Peyrí

Publish Date: 1994/09/01

Volume: 130, Issue: 9, Pages: 1209-1210

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Abstract

Dariers disease is an inherited disorder of keratinization usually presenting as keratotic papules involving the seborrheic areas of the body We describe a patient with Dariers disease in whom generalized cutaneous herpes simplex virus HSV infection developed with bilateral herpetic keratitisReport of a Case  A 18yearold white boy had a 6year history of Dariers disease affecting the seborrheic areas of his face and the hands He had mild disease and required no treatment Two days before admission fever photophobia and a painful erythematous eruption developed on his face The eruption rapidly progressed and involved the trunk and the proximal aspect of the arms Both parents reported a history of recurrent oral herpes simplexPhysical examination revealed a

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