Acute Graft versus Host Disease of the Skin
Differential Diagnosis
Effect of preparatory regimens
- Histologically indistinguishable
- Often resolves in 3 weeks
- Usually not inflammatory
- Histologically indistinguishable
- Apoptotic keratinocytes in hair follicles favor GVHD
- Most common viruses
- Herpes simplex
- Cytomegalovirus
- Varicella zoster
- Specific viropathic changes
- Viral exanthem may be histologically indistinguishable
- Immunoperoxidase staining for viral antigens is seldom helpful in our experience
- Histologically indistinguishable
- Limited descriptions reported
