Shingles, Herpes Zoster - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

shingles Herpes zoster

Body Site

scalp

Age

16 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

dermatomal grouped, clustered

Color

Morphology

vesiculobullous (blister, pustule)

Pattern

Comments

A healthy toddler, who was exposed to an older sibling with chicken pox at 6 months of age, developed asymptomatic to minimally itchy grouped vesicles on the right side of the scalp. A Tzanck showed multinucleated giant cells, and a culture for Herpes simplex virus was negative. The eruption was completely crusted over without treatment within 10 days.

Description

uniform grouped vesicles on the right side of the scalp

Image Added

5/1/2001 22:01:26

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