Transient acantholytic dermatosis (Grover's disease) in a renal transplant patient

Authors: BOUTLI, Fotini¹; VOYATZI, Maria¹; LEFAKI, Ioanna¹; CHAIDEMENOS, Giorgos¹; KANITAKIS, Jean²

Source: Journal of Dermatology, Volume 33, Number 3, March 2006 , pp. 178-181(4)

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Abstract:

Grover's disease (“transient acantholytic dermatosis”) is a transient dermatosis of unknown cause manifesting clinically as a papular skin eruption located usually on the anterior chest and abdomen and histologically with dyskeratosis and acantholysis. Grover's disease has occasionally been reported in patients with chronic renal failure, HIV infection, hematological malignancies and bone-marrow allotransplantation. We report herein a new case of Grover's disease that developed in a renal transplant patient. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first observation of Grover's disease developing in the setting of solid organ transplantation.

Keywords: Grover's disease; immunosuppression; renal transplantation; transient acantholytic dermatosis

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1346-8138.2006.00041.x

Affiliations: 1: Skin and Venereal Diseases Hospital State Department, Thessaloniki, Greece and 2: Department of Dermatology/University Lyon I, EA 37–32, Ed. Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

Publication date: 2006-03-01