Zoster, Shingles - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Ari Weintraub, MD

Diagnosis

zoster shingles

Body Site

thigh

Age

7 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

linear dermatomal

Color

red purple

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 7-year-old firl with acute myelogenous leukemia who just completed intense induction and her first course of consolidation chemotherapy developed an itchy eruption in a linear pattern on the lateral thigh. She did have a history of varicella.

Description

uniform 2-3 3 mm vesicles, some with central purple crusts, on a red base and in a linear pattern

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2/3/2004 16:29:45

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