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Herpes gladiatorum
  1. Hadi Mirfazaelian1,
  2. Yahya Daneshbod2
  1. 1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2 Department of Hematopathology, Dr. Daneshbod Pathology Laboratory, Shiraz, Iran
  1. Correspondence to Dr Hadi Mirfazaelian, Department of Emergency Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; H-mirfazaelian{at}razi.tums.ac.ir

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A 21-year-old male wrestler  presented to Emergency Department with 5 days of painful scattered facial rashes after unsuccessful response to 3 days of oral antibiotic. The patient did not have weight loss, headache, eye complaints and fever. The medical history was insignificant for previous skin lesions. On physical examination, there were vesicular lesions measuring about 0.5 cm in diameter on erythematous base with some punched-out …

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  • Contributors HM snapped the photo and drafted the manuscript. YD provided critical comments on the manuscript.

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