A Case of Impetigo Herpetiformis / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

We report herein a case of impetigo hepetiformis treated with etretinate. The patient was 30 year old female in the 7th month of her second pregnancy, who had suffered from generalized coalesced pustular eruption with slightly itching and hurning sensation with fever on whole body except face, both had and foot. The euption began as an erythemations patch which developed pustules along the mar gin. I'here was extensian by the develupment of fresh peripheral pustules and coaleence of these patches. Histopathological findings showed hyperkeratosis, subcorneal spongiform pustule, spon,iosis in the epidermis and vascular proliferation in the devmis, She was treated successfully with etretinate for 4 weeks.