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Parvovirus B19-associated papular-purpuric eruption with atypical localisation: “leg warmer syndrome”?

2016; John Libbey Eurotext; Volume: 26; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1684/ejd.2016.2851

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Caterina Foti, Paolo Romita, Giovanni Zanframundo, Mariagrazia Ragusa, Mario Mastrolonardo, Domenico Bonamonte, Fabrizio Guarneri,

Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Human infection with parvovirus B19 is rather frequent and usually asymptomatic; occasionally, various cutaneous and extracutaneous manifestations may occur. We present a patient with parvovirus B19-associated papular-purpuric eruption with atypical distribution.In February 2015, a previously healthy 41-year-old woman was hospitalised with a 36-hour history of fatigue, low-grade fever, myalgia, and arthralgia, suddenly followed by the onset of several papular-purpuric lesions and occasional petechiae [...]