Dermatology - BUTTOCK: zoster  - shingles
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Image Name: zoster_1_010729   File Type: jpg
Diagnosis: ZOSTER / SHINGLES   Category: vesiculobullous eruptions /
infections and infestations /
linear eruptions /
dermatomal eruption
Morphology: vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)   Organization: dermatomal / linear
grouped, clustered
Pattern:   Color:
Body Site: buttock / leg
back
  Age: 11 years
Gender:    Image Year: 2001
Contributor: Bernard Cohen, MD   First  Published: September 16, 2001
Description:linear dermatomal grouped vesicles
Comments:A healthy developed a linear dermatomal eruption of clustered vesicles on the lower back, hip, and leg. The lesions were minimally pruritic and healed over 2 weeks without complications
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