| Image Name: | Herpes_Zoster_HIV_1_040104 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | HERPES ZOSTER / HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION | Category: |
cutaneous sign of systemic disease
/ vesiculobullous eruptions / infections and infestations | |
| Morphology: | depressed (atrophy, loss of soft tissue,scar) | Organization: | grouped, clustered | |
| Pattern: | asymmetric | Color: | white/hypo | |
| Body Site: |
face
/
cheek
neck |
Age: | 50 years | |
| Gender: | Male | Image Year: | 2003 | |
| Contributor: | Jayakar Thomas, MD. PhD | First Published: | January 06, 2004 | |
| Description: | This 50-year-old male presented with herpes zoster on the left side of his face. The lesions were about a week old. He had lesions of healed herpes zoster on the medial aspect of his right arm.These had developed a year ago. His HIV status was positive! | |||
| Comments: | This 50-year-old Human imminodeficiency virus positive man developed herpes zoster on the left side of his face a week ago. He had a similar outbreak which healed with scarring on his right arm a year ago. | |||
| Other Resources: | PubMed: Herpes zoster | OMIM: Herpes zoster | ||
| MedlinePlus: Herpes zoster | Archives of Dermatology: Herpes zoster | |||
| eMedicine: Herpes zoster | Dermatology Online: Herpes zoster | |||
| PubMed: Human immunodeficiency virus infection | OMIM: Human immunodeficiency virus infection | |||
| MedlinePlus: Human immunodeficiency virus infection | Archives of Dermatology: Human immunodeficiency virus infection | |||
| eMedicine: Human immunodeficiency virus infection | Dermatology Online: Human immunodeficiency virus infection | |||
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