Herpes zoster of scarcely frequent localization on an immunecompromised adolescent

Rolando Bonal Ruiz; Paula Barreto de Lima

2017, Number 1

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Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr 2017; 33 (1)

Herpes zoster of scarcely frequent localization on an immunecompromised adolescent

Bonal RR, Barreto LP

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ABSTRACT

The case is described of an immunocompetent 16-year-old female patient with herpes zoster located in the left gluteal region, which evolved satisfactorily. The patient has a history of not being vaccinated with the vaccine anicaricela nor infected with chickenpox, her mother suffered from this disease at 28 weeks of pregnancy. Herpes zoster appears more and more in adolescence and childhood. The gluteal location is a rare location.