Linear and dermatomal cutaneous graft-versus-host disease

South Med J. 1994 Jul;87(7):758-61. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199407000-00018.

Abstract

A 17-year-old girl had linear and dermatomal lichenoid chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) 18 months after receiving an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for aplastic anemia. The cutaneous GVHD lesions appeared on previously normal skin.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / administration & dosage
  • Adolescent
  • Anemia, Aplastic / therapy
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Graft vs Host Disease / etiology*
  • Herpes Zoster / drug therapy
  • Herpes Zoster / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lichenoid Eruptions / etiology
  • Lichenoid Eruptions / pathology
  • Skin Diseases / etiology*
  • Skin Diseases / pathology

Substances

  • Acyclovir