Varicella, Chicken Pox - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

varicella chicken pox

Body Site

forehead total body

Age

28 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated

Comments

This healthy 28-year-old man developed disseminated red papules, vesicles, and vesicles with a central crust in association with low grade fever and mild viral symptoms. A Tzanck smear showed multinucleated giant cells and polymerase chain reaction was positive for varicella virus.

Description

widely disseminated 3 mm vesicles some with central crusts on a red base

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9/26/2011 18:55:14

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