CAEBV: Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection DM: Dermatomyositis EBV: Epstein-Barr virus HLA: Human leukocyte antigen HV: Hydroa vacciniforme INTRODUCTION Atypical hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a rare vesiculopapular eruption reported mainly in patients from Asia and Latin America and presents with similar but more severe cutaneous manifestations than classic HV. In addition, systemic findi...

Hydroa Vaciniforme is a very rare photodermatosis that is mainly seen in childhood. An 18 year old female student reported that since the age of 5 she has been suffering necrotic lesions and vesicles lesions in exposed areas, leaving asymptomatic varioliform scars, which worsened in summer. Light microscopy showed epidermal necrosis with lymphocytic infiltration . Sunscreens were prescribed wit...

Hydroa vacciniforme (HV) is a rare and chronic pediatric disorder that is characterized by photosensitivity and recurrent vesicles that heal with vacciniforme scarring. The pathogenesis of HV is unknown; no chromosome abnormality has been identified. HV patients have no abnormal laboratory results, so the diagnosis of HV is based on identifying the associated histological findings in a biopsy s...

UNLABELLED Hydroa vacciniforme-like lymphoma (HVL) is a rare type of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive lymphoma of cytotoxic T-cell or natural killer cell origin that mainly affect children, characterized by a vesicopapular skin eruption that clinically resemble hydroa vacciniforme (HV). In current study, we report an adult patient with the tumor. The patient presented similar morphologic, immu...