Herpes Simplex Virus Infection, Whitlow - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

Herpes simplex virus infection whitlow

Body Site

finger

Age

6 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

purple

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This lesion on the finger of a 6 year old healthy boy started with 8-10 1-2 mm vesicles that fused to form the 2 cm bulla. His father had an active cold sore on his lip shortly before the blisters appeared on his son's finger.

Description

2 cm oval multiloculated hemmorrhagic bullae

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4/28/2002 22:07:26

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