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. 2022 Mar;61(3):379-380.
doi: 10.1111/ijd.15978. Epub 2021 Nov 18.

Herpes zoster duplex following COVID-19

Stefano Veraldi  1 , Dario A Marletta  1 , Yiran Wei  1 , Andrea E Beretta  1
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Herpes zoster duplex following COVID-19

Stefano Veraldi et al. Int J Dermatol. 2022 Mar.
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Figure 1
HZD in a patient with previous COVID‐19
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Figure 2
Erythematous–vesicular–pustular and painful rash along two bilateral, asymmetric dermatomes
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Figure 3
Cytological examination of lesion, with the presence of multinucleated giant cells with ballooning degeneration and multiple nuclei, with different shape and size. Giemsa stain, magnification ×100 in oil
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