A 54-year old male with a 2-day history of this skin changes | Figure 1

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A 54-year old male with a 2-day history of skin changes. Everything started when he felt a tingling sensation on his back in the area of the right scapula, shortly after which he saw those skin changes. He didn't have any other symptoms. Because erythema is quite unusual with such straight edges, I considered that this is artificially induced skin change (some kind of a burn), but he denied such contact and didn't recall any events that were previous to the appearance of these skin changes. He works in a hospital laundry unit.

What is your opinion on this case? I also considered herpes zoster (shingles), but it is unlikely.

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