Herpes zoster duplex bilateralis in an immunocompetent host
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Chronic herpes zoster duplex bilateralis.
Although varicella zoster virus latency has been demonstrated in several sensory ganglia, herpes zoster usually effects only one single, either left or right, dermatome in half of the body. In immunocompromised patients, more than one contiguous unilateral dermatome may be involved. Bilateral non-contiguous herpes zoster, also termed herpes zoster duplex, is rarely reported. Chronic varicella z...
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The skin lesions of herpes zoster are classically limited to a single dermatome and most cases of multidermatomal herpes zoster have contiguous skin lesions. Simultaneous involvement of two noncontiguous dermatomes is very rare and it has been referred to as zoster duplex unilateralis or bilateralis, depending whether one or both halves of the body are involved. A 67-year-old woman presented wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Dermatology Online Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2229-5178
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5178.93495