A Viral Exanthem with Several Consecutive Eruptions and Signs of Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome
Authors
Julia Bernatska-Wolfert1 and Ludmyla Derevyanko2 1Board Member of Veselka Foundation and 2Department of Dermatology and Venereology, National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, Ukraine
Exanthem, Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (GCS), human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6).
Abstract
We report a case of unusual presentation of a viral exanthem in a 17-month-old girl. The child had signs of Gianotti-Crosti syndrome (GCS)--the long-lasting papular eruption on her extremities and face with non-typical for GCS rash extension to the trunk, enlarged posterior cervical and submandibular lymph nodes, and anicteric hepatitis. Serum polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detected human herpesvirus type 6 (HHV-6) in accord with the exanthem in this child.
