Cargando…
Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report
Herpes vegetans is a rare form of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in immunocompromised patients that clinically presents as a verrucous and hypertrophic lesion. In this case, we present a 36-year-old man with exophytic verrucous masses in the genital area that was initially suspected as a malig...
Autores principales: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8969874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371423 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9180 |
_version_ | 1784679351012294656 |
---|---|
author | Sirait, Sondang P. Indriatmi, Wresti |
author_facet | Sirait, Sondang P. Indriatmi, Wresti |
author_sort | Sirait, Sondang P. |
collection | PubMed |
description | Herpes vegetans is a rare form of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in immunocompromised patients that clinically presents as a verrucous and hypertrophic lesion. In this case, we present a 36-year-old man with exophytic verrucous masses in the genital area that was initially suspected as a malignancy. Difficulty to properly diagnose the patient resulted in a few failed attempts at treating the lesion. After excluding other differential diagnoses, the atypical lesion proved to be caused by vegetative herpes infection due to a good response to HSV therapy. Reevaluation of biopsy also showed signs of HSV etiology. Atypical presentation of herpes simplex in immunocompromised patients still proves to be a challenge to diagnose and treat. Proper clinical identification and workup are needed to diagnose and to choose proper regiments. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8969874 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-89698742022-04-01 Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report Sirait, Sondang P. Indriatmi, Wresti Dermatol Reports Case Report Herpes vegetans is a rare form of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection in immunocompromised patients that clinically presents as a verrucous and hypertrophic lesion. In this case, we present a 36-year-old man with exophytic verrucous masses in the genital area that was initially suspected as a malignancy. Difficulty to properly diagnose the patient resulted in a few failed attempts at treating the lesion. After excluding other differential diagnoses, the atypical lesion proved to be caused by vegetative herpes infection due to a good response to HSV therapy. Reevaluation of biopsy also showed signs of HSV etiology. Atypical presentation of herpes simplex in immunocompromised patients still proves to be a challenge to diagnose and treat. Proper clinical identification and workup are needed to diagnose and to choose proper regiments. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2022-03-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8969874/ /pubmed/35371423 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9180 Text en ©Copyright: the Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License (by-nc 4.0) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sirait, Sondang P. Indriatmi, Wresti Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report |
title | Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report |
title_full | Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report |
title_fullStr | Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report |
title_short | Herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in HIV patient: A case report |
title_sort | herpes vegetans, an atypical herpes lesion in hiv patient: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8969874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371423 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2022.9180 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT siraitsondangp herpesvegetansanatypicalherpeslesioninhivpatientacasereport AT indriatmiwresti herpesvegetansanatypicalherpeslesioninhivpatientacasereport |