Kaposi's varicelliform eruption

Kaposi's varicelliform eruption

n.

A rare condition, occurring most commonly in children, that is characterized by high fever and the widespread eruption of vesicles that become pitlike and pus-filled ; it is a complication of vaccinia together with atopic dermatitis.

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Kaposi's varicelliform eruption.

See eczema herpeticum.

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eruption [e-rup´shun]

1. the act of breaking out, appearing, or becoming visible, as eruption of the teeth.

2. visible efflorescent lesions of the skin due to disease, with redness, prominence, or both; a rash. adj., adj erup´tive.

creeping eruption

1. a peculiar eruption that appears to migrate, due to burrowing beneath the skin by certain larvae; it has the appearance of subcutaneous tunnels that are red and vesicular at the advancing end and dry and encrusted at older portions.

2. larva migrans.

drug eruption an adverse cutaneous reaction produced by ingestion, parenteral use, or local application of a drug, which may produce various morphologic patterns and types of lesions; called also dermatitis medicamentosa.

Kaposi's varicelliform eruption a generalized and serious vesiculopustular eruption of viral origin, superimposed on preexisting atopic dermatitis; it may be due to the herpes simplex virus (eczema herpeticum) or vaccinia (eczema vaccinatum).