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Images in emergency medicine
Herpes gladiatorum
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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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Competing interests None.
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.