A 40 years males presented with painful vesicular lesion in the forehead extending to the eyelids. Diagnosis is
(Herpes- Zoster) (52-Roxburg's 17th) (1182- CMDT-08)* Herpes simplex - manifest as acute gingivo-stomalitis, herpes labialis**, balanitis, vulvo-vaginitis, proctitis or kerato conjunctivitis* Intraepidermal vesicles around the mouth and lip (Type I) on the genitalia (Type II)* Herpes Zoster (Shingles) - Involvement of the branches of trigeminal ganglion, with lesions in the distribution of the maxillary, mandibular or ophthalmic sensory nerves as is involvement of dermatomes of the cervical and thoracic regions* H. Zoster affecting the opthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve involving the right side of the forehead and eye and corneal ulcerations (.Hutchinson's sign)* The eruption consists of grouped tense vesicles or even bullae surrounded by a zone of erythema characteristically limited to a singe neural segment and is strictly unilateralMolluscum Contagiosum - transmitted by skin to skin contact* Typical lesion is a pink - coloured or skin coloured umbilicatedpapule** containing a greyish central plug, face and genital regions are commonly involved* A live attenuated VZV vaccine helps prevent herpes Zoster in persons 60 years and older
Herpes simplex
Herpes-Zoster
Coxschiae infection
Molluscum contagiosum
Infection