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Zoster ophthalmicus: since a few days increasing, left-sided headache with little feeling of illness. since 2 days, painful grouped vesicles. mild reactive conjunctivitis.

Zoster: since 6 days increasing, left-sided headache with accompanying feeling of illness. since 3 days redness and swelling of the skin with stabbing, shooting pain. extensive erythema, blisters, scaly crusts and swelling.

zoster. right sided headache with accompanying feeling of illness, increasing for 5 days. redness and swelling of the skin with stabbing, shooting pain for 3 days. extensive erythema and swelling. skin is highly sensitive to touch. no fever. no leukocytosis.

Zoster:Severe, not quite fresh necrotizing zoster with deep scarring. HIV infection.

Zoster mucosae: unusually localized zoster disease of the buccal mucosa.


Zoster. general view: 6-day-old, extensive, partly herpetiform vesicles with incipient superinfection of the left lateral neck, the left shoulder and the upper trunk of a 22-year-old man. At present there is a distinct swelling of the left side of the left supraclavicular, axillary and cervical palpable LK with painful pressure; in addition there is a severe feeling of sickness, increased temperature and pain. Atopic eczema has been present since birth.

Zoster: herpetiform grouped blisters on reddened skin in a 3-month-old girl, running approximately along the dermatome Th 4.

Zoster: herpetiform grouped blisters on reddened skin in a 3-month-old girl, running approximately along the dermatome Th 4.

Zoster: Close-up. Herpetiform grouped blisters on reddened skin in a 3-month-old girl, running approximately along the dermatome Th 4.

Zoster: in segmental distribution (Th4), grouped vesicles on reddened skin in a 38-year-old man. Moderate pain, healing without complications, no postzosteric neuralgia.

Zoster: in segmental distribution (Th4), grouped vesicles on reddened skin in a 38-year-old man. Moderate pain. Healing without complications. No postzosteric neuralgia. Here is a detailed picture with fresh grouped vesicles.


Zoster: in segmental distribution, grouped vesicles and pustules on reddened skin in a 32-year-old man; moderately spontaneous pain.

Zoster: in segmental distribution, grouped vesicles on reddened skin in a 30-year-old man; moderately spontaneous pain.

Zoster: in segmental distribution, grouped vesicles and pustules on reddened skin in a 53-year-old man; moderately spontaneous pain.

Zoster: disseminated, grouped vesicles and pustules on reddened skin in a 38-year-old man; course along the segment Th.3.

Zoster: grouped blisters on reddened skin in a 38-year-old male. Moderate pain, healing without complications, no postzosteric neuralgia.


Zoster. 78-year-old female patient. initially, shooting, segmental pain occurred, followed by erythema and blistering. at the time of presentation, sharply defined blisters and blisters appeared on reddened surrounding skin. fresh blisters are hardly detectable in the image. mostly flat erosions, ulcers as well as crustal deposits appear.

Zoster: Detail enlargement: Extended, partly herpetiform grouped, hemorrhagic-necrotizing transforming vesicles with incipient superinfection of the left lateral neck and left shoulder of a 22-year-old man.


Zoster: Acute segmental zoster; multiple papules and paplu-vesicles extending beyond the segment.


Zoster of the right side of the vulva. 52-year-old, otherwise healthy patient. Fig.from Eiko E. Petersen, Colour Atlas of Vulva Diseases. With the prior approval of Kaymogyn GmbH Freiburg.

Zoster: 25-year-old HIV-infected patient. zoster since 5 days. segmentally distributed vesicles and blisters on reddened surrounding skin. on the left side condition after cured zoster disease with bizarre scars.

Zoster. severe zoster in a 53-year-old patient. disseminated, grouped blisters and pustules on dark red erythema on the left inner thigh above the knee. course along the segment L2.


Zoster. 68-year-old female patient with blistering disease. For three days pain, erythema and subsequently formation of blisters occurred. Smallest, partly isolated, partly grouped blisters on e-rythematous skin which in places have merged to larger aggregates. In the picture at the top right two larger, partly hemorrhagic blisters are visible.


