Chicken Pox, Varicella - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

chicken pox varicella

Body Site

forearm

Age

12 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 12 year old girl developed a widespread itchy papulovesicular eruption on her trunk, neck, face, scalp, and extremities. She had similar lesions on her palate and oral mucosa. 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. She was able to return to school 10 days after the onset of symptoms.

Description

multiple widely disseminated clear and cloudy vesicles on red bases (dew drop on a rose petal)

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6/13/2003 21:34:23

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