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A Report of Two Cases in Siblings, One Complicated by Kaposi's Varicelliform Eruption

WALTER C. FITZGERALD, M.D.; ARMISTEAD P. BOOKER, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1951;64(5):611-619.

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TWO CHILDREN in the same family with congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma have recently been available for detailed study. This condition is not seen often, and little information on the subject has been published in the current medical literature. In addition, one patient had what is thought to be the first recorded occurrence of Kaposi's varicelliform eruption as a complication of this disease, and his case is one of the few on record with complete autopsy findings.

Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma was described by Brocq¹ in 1902, although it had been recognized as a clinical entity by Vidal² in 1882. However, according to Bruhns,³ the first case was reported by Sangster in 1895. Important reviews of the literature were made by MacKee and Rosen⁴ in 1917 and by Weiss and Tobias⁵ in 1925. Laymon and Murphy⁶ in 1948 presented a detailed report of the clinical features, histological . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DANVILLE, VA.; CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Department of Medicine and University of Virginia Hospital.

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