Typical varicella zoster (ophthalmicus) in an HIV‐infected person

Abstract

A typical varicella zoster (ophthalmicus) in an incidentally HIV-infected person is reported in a young man. It was characterized by tense, grouped, vesiculobullous eruptions on a brick-red base. The diagnosis was substantiated by demonstration of swollen epidermal (balloon) cells with a nucleus/several nuclei containing inclusion bodies. Reticular degeneration was apparent.

Viral diseases

“…Any dermatome can be affected. 297 These quickly transform into vesicles and then pustules. 293 Herpes zoster is an acute disease that occurs almost exclusively in adults.…”