Herpes Zoster, Shingles - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

Herpes zoster shingles

Body Site

chest

Age

68 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

dermatomal grouped, clustered

Color

red purple

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 68-year-old man developed painful, grouped, dermatomal, vesicles on an erythematous base (the band of roses from hell) on the front, side, and back of his mid right chest seven days earlier. At his initial evaluation most of the vesicles were crusted, and the eruption cleared without treatment 2 weeks later. Fortunately he did not develop scarring or post herpetic neuralgia.

Description

clustered dermatomal uniform 1-2 mm vesicles, some confluent, with central necrosis and crusting

Image Added

3/27/2003 22:23:56

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