#hard initial diagnosis, #zoster | Figure 1

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#hard initial diagnosis, #zoster

A 50-year-old male patient with no history, referred to vascular surgery after 3 days of intense pain, two colleagues from other specialties did not find anything, the day he came for consultation he presented these dermal lesions ...

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the tests were positive for herpes zoster, his condition was resolved with acyclovir

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