Infectious causes of pityriasis lichenoides: A case of fulminant infectious mononucleosis

Peter A. Klein; Evan C. Jones; Jonathan L. Nelson; Richard A.F. Clark

doi:10.1067/mjd.2003.337

Infectious causes of pityriasis lichenoides: A case of fulminant infectious mononucleosis

Peter A. Klein
, Evan C. Jones
, Jonathan L. Nelson
, Richard A.F. Clark

Dermatology

Stony Brook University

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Abstract

Pityriasis lichenoides is a rare cutaneous eruption of unknown cause that spans a spectrum of clinical severity. Infectious, agents have long been suspected as etiologic factors. The present case is the first to demonstrate a known EBV-mediated process evolving and resolving in concert with pityriasis lichenoides. Epstein-Barr virus, Toxoplasma gondii, and HIV are the most frequently reported infectious triggers of pityriasis lichenoides. Pityriasis lichenoides may arise secondary to EBV-mediated acute infectious mononucleosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	151-153
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume	49
Issue number	2 B
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/mjd.2003.337
State	Published - Aug 1 2003

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