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Widespread eruption in a patient with atopic dermatitis
  1. Andrea Combalia,
  2. Juan Ferrando,
  3. José M Mascaró Jr
  1. Dermatology department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andrea Combalia, Dermatology department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain; andreacombalia{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2016-206194

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    Clinical introduction

    A 36-year-old woman at 12 weeks of pregnancy with a personal history of severe atopic dermatitis presented to the ED with a widespread and painful skin eruption. On physical examination, there were clusters of monomorphic blisters and crusts (see figures 1 and 2).

    Figure 1

    Widespread and painful skin eruption.

    Figure 2

    Clusters of monomorphic blisters and crusts.

    Question

    Laboratory tests were within normal range. What is the most likely diagnosis?

    1. Disseminated herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection

    2. Disseminated varicella-zoster …

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors All authors have contributed equally.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.