Volume 26, Issue 121, March 2022

Dermatomal Erythema Multiforme and HZV: A case report with literature review

Fawaz H Aljehani¹, Atheer M Aljohani^1♦, Ashwaq K Alosaimi², Renad G Alhazmi², Lein Azzhary²

¹MD, Dermatology Department, King Abdul Aziz Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
²Medical Intern, College of Medicine, UMM Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
MD, Dermatology Department, King Abdul Aziz Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Erythema multiforme is one of the acute and recurrent skin lesions that are usually seen soon after HSV infection. The distribution of lesions is usually symmetrical favoring distal extremities. Rarely, EM can present with dermatomal distribution. The association between HSV and Erythema multiforme is well established in the literature. On the other hand, only a few cases were reported suggesting HZV infection to be a trigger of Erythema multiforme. Here we presented a case where a patient devolved dermatomal Erythema multiforme after he was diagnosed with HZV. Also, we provide below a review of articles of the same clinical association.

Keywords: Erythema Multiforme, Recurrent EM, Herpes zoster AND Erythema multiforme, Dermatomal Erythema multiforme.

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms88e2133

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i121/ms88e2133

Published: 02 March 2022