Turan Enver, Yesilova Yavuz, Ucmak Derya
Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Harran, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2013 Jun;63(6):786-7.
Orf, also known as ecthyma contagiosum or contagious pustular dermatitis, is a viral zoonotic disease resulting from the direct or indirect contact of damaged skin with infected animals. The causative microorganism is the orf virus, an epitheliotropic DNA virus from the Parapoxvirus group, which generally infects sheep, goats, and various other domestic and wild ovine animals. A male patient presented to our outpatient clinic with multiple nodular lesions on his right wrist after incurring an injury during ovine slaughter. Diagnoses other than ecthyma contagiosum were eliminated by punch biopsy. Orf generally manifests as solitary lesions on hands and fingers, but it may rarely present as multiple nodular lesions. Here we present the case of a 42-year-old man diagnosed with orf based on clinical and histopathological findings.
羊痘疮，又称接触传染性脓疱性皮炎或传染性脓疱性皮炎，是一种病毒性人畜共患病，由受损皮肤直接或间接接触受感染动物引起。致病微生物是羊痘疮病毒，一种来自副痘病毒属的嗜上皮性DNA病毒，通常感染绵羊、山羊以及其他各种家养和野生羊科动物。一名男性患者在屠宰羊时受伤后，右手腕出现多个结节性病变，前来我们的门诊就诊。通过穿刺活检排除了接触传染性脓疱性皮炎以外的其他诊断。羊痘疮通常表现为手部和手指上的单个病变，但很少表现为多个结节性病变。在此，我们报告一例根据临床和组织病理学检查结果诊断为羊痘疮的42岁男性病例。
