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Erythema multiforme after orf virus infection |
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| Authors: | Angella López‐Cedeño MD Gustavo Cañedo MD Nicole Knöpfel MD Isabel Colmenero MD Esperanza Pérez‐Pastrana MD Antonio Torrelo MD |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Dermatology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Ni?o Jesús, Madrid, Spain;2. Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil Universitario Ni?o Jesús, Madrid, Spain;3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Ni?o Jesús, Madrid, Spain;4. Electron Microscopy Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain |
| Abstract: | The case of a 6‐year‐old boy with multiple, target‐shaped lesions and a crusted nodule on his right index finger is presented. Based on clinical findings and the patient's recent contact with sheep and goats, a diagnosis of orf disease associated with erythema multiforme was suspected. Microscopy studies confirmed the presence of parapoxvirus in the primary lesion. Orf‐induced erythema multiforme is a rare complication of orf in children, possibly related to the presence of orf virus DNA in erythema multiforme lesions. |
| Keywords: | erythema multiforme intracytoplasmic inclusions Orf disease parapoxvirus |
