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. 2023 Aug 16:103:adv15324.
doi: 10.2340/actadv.v103.15324.

Atypical Herpes Simplex: An Important Diagnosis to Consider

Elisabet Nylander  1 , Daniel Lieb Nosek  2 , Fiona M Lewis  3
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Atypical Herpes Simplex: An Important Diagnosis to Consider

Elisabet Nylander et al. Acta Derm Venereol. .
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

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Patient 1 at initial presentation to the clinic. The dark ulcers are due to biopsies a few days previously.
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Patient 2 at initial presentation to the clinic.
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Biopsy from the lesion in patient 1, showing typical lesions for herpes virus (acantholysis, multinucleate pale keratinocytes with steel-grey nuclei and nuclear moulding). (A) An overview of the skin with ulceration and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate. (B) Acantholysis, nuclear molding and focally, pink intranuclear inclusions (Cowdry type A inclusions). Scanned at 40X magnification, presented in (A) 20X and (B) 80X digital zoom*. H&E stain. *Corresponding to 0.23 microns per pixel.
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