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Case Reports
. 2014 Aug 26;6(3):5513.
doi: 10.4081/idr.2014.5513. eCollection 2014 Aug 13.

Disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster in an immunocompetent elderly patient

Eric Gomez  1 , Ivan Chernev  2
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Case Reports

Disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster in an immunocompetent elderly patient

Eric Gomez et al. Infect Dis Rep. .

Abstract

Herpes zoster is a clinical syndrome which usually presents with a localized, vesicular rash in a dermatomal distribution. Cutaneous dissemination rarely occurs in immunocompetent patients, therefore little is known about the baseline demographic, clinical characteristics, management and outcome of these patients. Herein, we report a case of disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster in an immunocompetent patient along with a review and analysis of 28 cases previously reported in the literature.

Keywords: cutaneous; disseminated; herpes zoster; immunocompetent.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interests: the authors declare no potential conflict of interests.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Clinical photograph of a patient with disseminated cutaneous herpes zoster. On the left, cluster of vesicular lesions involving the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve. On the right, diffuse vesicular rash with erythematous base involving the back.
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