Bullous chickenpox

We report a 70-year-old man with the bullous variant of chickenpox. Physicians should be aware of this uncommon manifestation of this common disease, which may clinically suggest other bullous disorders such as pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid. A 24-year-old hospital worker developed typical chicken...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 209 - 212
Main Authors Schwartz, Robert Allen, Jordan, M. Colin, Rubenstein, Daniel Jay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.08.1983
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Blister
Chickenpox - diagnosis
Chickenpox - transmission
Cross Infection - transmission
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Pemphigoid, Bullous - diagnosis
Pemphigus - diagnosis
Viral diseases
Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye
Bullous dermatosis
Varicella
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Summary:We report a 70-year-old man with the bullous variant of chickenpox. Physicians should be aware of this uncommon manifestation of this common disease, which may clinically suggest other bullous disorders such as pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid. A 24-year-old hospital worker developed typical chickenpox 2 weeks after the first patient's onset of bullous chickenpox.
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ISSN:0190-9622
1097-6787
DOI:10.1016/S0190-9622(83)70130-1