Transient acantholytic dermatosis is characterized by the transient appearance of pruritic, scattered, and histologic finding of focal acantholytic changes, which is described as five patterns including Darier-White type, pemphigus vulgaris type,
pemphigus foliaceus type, Hailey-Hailey type, and spongiotic form with acantholysis.
We present a case of transient acantholytic dermatosis which occurred in a 50-year-old man with preexisting cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis and drug-induced acute renal failure. The patient showed numerous skin-colored or erythematous papules on
the
chest and upper extremities and histologic findings were consistent with transient acanthoytic dermatosis, Hailey-Hailey type. He was treated with antihistamine only, and the skin lesions showed a complete resolution after a month. (Kor J
Dermatol
1995;33(4) : 738~742)
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