Lyme Disease as a Cause of Acropapular Dermatitis of Childhood |
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| Authors: | CAITLIN E. KENNEDY,M.D.,RAHAT S. AZFAR,M.D.,&dagger ,PAUL J. HONIG,M.D.,&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego;, Department of Dermatology &Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania;, Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania and Division of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: 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. |
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