Regina Fölster-Holst
President of the European Society for Pediatric Dermatology
Title: Paraviral exanthems in childhood
Biography
Biography: Regina Fölster-Holst
Abstract
Exanthems are common skin diseases in childhood and are usually related to viral infections. The infection triggers the exanthema directly (e. g. varicella, herpes simplex, enteroviruses), via an immune response (paraviral exanthems as Gianotti-Crosti-syndrome, Pityriasis rosea) or by interactions with drugs (e. g. amoxicillin exanthem in patients with infectious mononucleosis).
Paraviral exanthems are distinct skin diseases related to infections with different viruses. While many viral infections are a direct result of the infection, paraviral exanthems reflect the response of the immune system to the viruses, which cannot be identified in the skin. Typical paraviral exanthems include Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, Pityriasis rosea, Pityriais lichenoides, Papular-purpuric gloves and socks syndrome, and asymmetrical periflexural exanthema. Unilateral mediothoracic exanthema, eruptive pseudoangiomatosis are not so common and eruptive hypomelanosis have been described recently.