MALİHA AZMİ, ASMA NASİM, SUNİL DODANİ, SYED MUDASSİR LAİQ, SYED HAİDER MEHDİ, MUHAMMED MUBARAK
Experimental and Clinical Transplantation - 2020;18(2):252-254
A 43-year-old male patient developed varicella virus (chickenpox) 4 months after receiving a liver transplant. Within 5 days of complete recovery, he presented with widespread cutaneous vesicular eruptions involving the face, back, abdomen, and upper extremities. Tzanck smear showed ground glass inclusions in the nuclei of multinucleated giant cells, suggestive of viral pathology. The patient was subsequently diagnosed with Kaposi varicelliform eruption, a rare dermatologic emergency. He was treated with high-dose intravenous acyclovir and fully recovered.
