Accentuated Varicella Exanthems Due to Cast Application

• Published in: Pediatric dermatology Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 558 - 560
• Main Authors: KARA, ATES, KURTUL, TULIN, ILKE, NARLI, YILDIRIM, INCI, DEVRIM, ILKER, CENGIZ, A. BÜLENT, TEZER, HASAN, SEÇMEER, GÜLTEN
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2007; Blackwell
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biological and medical sciences; Casts, Surgical - virology; Chickenpox - pathology; Chickenpox - virology; Dermatology; Forearm - virology; Herpesvirus 3, Human - growth & development; Hot Temperature; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Pressure; Severity of Illness Index; Skin involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous. General aspects; Viral diseases; Viral diseases with cutaneous or mucosal lesions and viral diseases of the eye; Infection; Pediatrics; Skin disease; Dermatology; Viral disease; Exanthema; Varicella; Application
• ISSN: 0736-8046; 1525-1470
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00521.x

:  We report a case of 14‐year‐old male with local augmentation of varicella zoster exanthems on the forearm on which cast application was performed. After 1 week, the first varicella zoster exanthems began to appear on the left forearm under the cast and trunk, while lesions on the other forearm and extremities were very rare. We postulated that the local pressure and heat increased the number of exanthems.