Chicken Pox, Varicella - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

chicken pox varicella

Body Site

trunk back

Age

6 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 6 year old boy developed an eruption of widely distributed, puritic,papulovesicular lesions involving his scalp, face, trunk , and proximal limbs. The eruption was preceded by a few days of fever and flu-like symptoms. New crops of papules appeared for 3 days and rapidly became vesicular before crusting and healing over 7 days. He was able to return to school 10 days after the onset of symptoms.

Description

clear vesicle on a red base (dew drop on a rose petal)

Image Added

3/18/2003 21:21:51

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