Chamseddin BH, Tran BAPD, Lee EE, Pastrana DV, Buck CB, Wang RC, Kirkorian AY. Trichodysplasia spinulosa in a child: Identification of trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus in skin, serum, and urine.
Pediatr Dermatol 2019;
36:723-724. [PMID:
31190328 PMCID:
PMC8127864 DOI:
10.1111/pde.13857]
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Abstract
A 6-year-old girl with a history of chronic immunosuppression following small bowel and colon transplantation for tufting enteropathy presented with a diffuse, facial-predominant eruption composed of pink-to-skin-colored papules with central white dystrophic spicules. Histology from a punch biopsy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from plucked spicules confirmed a diagnosis of trichodysplasia spinulosa (TS). Additional molecular studies identified several strains of the trichodysplasia spinulosa-associated polyomavirus infecting multiple tissues of the patient, confirming the systemic nature of trichodysplasia spinulosa infections.
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