Herpes Zoster, Shingles - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Muhammad Waseem, MD

Diagnosis

Herpes zoster shingles

Body Site

abdomen

Age

16 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

dermatomal grouped, clustered

Color

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

Comments

Minimally pruritic clusters of uniform 2 mm vesicles appeared in a dermatomal pattern across the abdomen of a healthy adolescent. The eruption resolved without treatment 2 weeks later. He had chicken pox when he was 6 years old.

Description

clusters of uniform 2 mm vesicles distributed in a dermatomal pattern

Image Added

1/31/2001 21:53:55

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