Herpes Simplex Virus Infection, Whitlow - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Herpes simplex virus infection whitlow

Body Site

foot toe

Age

5 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

white/hypo red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This heatlhy 5-year-old girl developed recurrent herpes simplex virus infection of the right 4 toe associated with mild tenderness. She was treated with oral valacyclolvir, and the eruption resolved in 10 days. Her primary infection was associated with more dramatic edema, erythema, lymphangitis, and tenderness.

Description

clustered 2 mm vessicles on a red edematous base

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2/28/2010 19:32:31

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