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

:  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 an...