Infantile acrolocalised papulovesicular syndrome

Crosti-Gianotti syndrome.

Viral exanthema of infancy.

Mostly girls are affected.

• Pathogen
• EBV, Coxsackie A16, Parainfluenza B, ECHO viruses
• A possible infectious allergic component is discussed

• Acute erythematous to pinkish, succulent, partly pruritic, partly confluent papules and papulovesicles
• Good general condition

V.a. on extremities, cheeks, buttocks and palmoplantar.

• Symptomatic therapy
• Lotio alba several times a day

• Undecylenic acid lotion
  • Administration: 2-3x daily
  • KI: acute erythroderma, inflammatory processes, eye, mucous membrane, children <12 y. (note from own experience also no problem with small children), breastfeeding (note: likewise)

• Emollientia with urea
  • Administration: 2-3x daily
  • KI: acute erythroderma, inflammatory processes, eye, mucous membrane, children <12 y. (note from own experience also no problem with small children), breastfeeding (note: likewise)

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