Herpes Zoster, Shingles - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

Herpes zoster shingles

Body Site

trunk chest

Age

10 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

dermatomal grouped, clustered

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 10-year-old girl developed painful clustered red vesicles on the left side of her chest and back in a dermatomal distribution 3 days earlier. The eruption was preceded by severe localized pain for 2 days. She improved with oral acyclovir and topical calamine lotion.

Description

Asymmetric, dermatomal clustered 1-2 mm red vesicles This 10-year-old girl developed painful clustered red vesicles on the left side of front and back of her chest in a dermatomal distribution about three days earlier. The eruption was preceded by severe localized pain for two days. She improved with oral acyclovir and topical calamine lotion.

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11/30/2003 19:07:29

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