Granuloma annulare in a site of healed herpes zoster: Wolf's isotopic response

✍ Scribed by E Ruocco; A Baroni; F Tripodi Cutrì; F Grimaldi Filioli

• Book ID: 104470327
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 98 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0926-9959
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00730.x

✦ Synopsis

ABSTRACT

A case of granuloma annulare that developed in a site of healed herpes zoster is reported. Polymerase chain reaction failed to detect VZV DNA in a biopsy specimen. The occurrence of different types of cutaneous reactions in a body area previously affected by herpes virus infection is known as Wolf's isotopic response. Pathogenesis may be due to a local neuroimmune dysregulation set off by herpesvirus‐induced lesions of dermal sensory nerve fibres.