Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity

The varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a member of the Herpesviridae family (HHV-3), is the pathogen responsible for causing herpes zoster, the skin eruption known as shingles. This report describes a rare presentation of herpes zoster involving cutaneous vasculitis in the unilateral upper extremity in a...

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Autores principales: Nelson, Jacob H, Foo, Chong, Hammock, Lauren, Lucero, Olivia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8754063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036221
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20391
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author Nelson, Jacob H
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description The varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a member of the Herpesviridae family (HHV-3), is the pathogen responsible for causing herpes zoster, the skin eruption known as shingles. This report describes a rare presentation of herpes zoster involving cutaneous vasculitis in the unilateral upper extremity in an immunocompetent patient. Histologic evaluation confirmed a diagnosis of leukocytoclastic vasculitis and yielded a positive VZV immunoperoxidase stain. An approach to histologic evaluation of this case is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-87540632022-01-14 Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity Nelson, Jacob H Foo, Chong Hammock, Lauren Lucero, Olivia Cureus Dermatology The varicella-zoster virus (VZV), a member of the Herpesviridae family (HHV-3), is the pathogen responsible for causing herpes zoster, the skin eruption known as shingles. This report describes a rare presentation of herpes zoster involving cutaneous vasculitis in the unilateral upper extremity in an immunocompetent patient. Histologic evaluation confirmed a diagnosis of leukocytoclastic vasculitis and yielded a positive VZV immunoperoxidase stain. An approach to histologic evaluation of this case is discussed. Cureus 2021-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8754063/ /pubmed/35036221 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20391 Text en Copyright © 2021, Nelson et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Nelson, Jacob H
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Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity
title Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity
title_full Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity
title_fullStr Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity
title_full_unstemmed Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity
title_short Herpes Zoster Presenting As Cutaneous Vasculitis in the Upper Extremity
title_sort herpes zoster presenting as cutaneous vasculitis in the upper extremity
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8754063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036221
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20391
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