Case 12-2021: A 78-Year-Old Man with a Rash on the Scalp and Face

N Engl J Med. 2021 Apr 22;384(16):1553-1562. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100276.

Authors

Michael K Yoon¹, Hillary R Kelly¹, Suzanne K Freitag¹, Alexander G Marneros¹, Miriam B Barshak¹, Diane G Brackett¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Ophthalmology (M.K.Y., S.K.F.) and Radiology (H.R.K.), Massachusetts Eye and Ear, the Departments of Radiology (H.R.K.), Dermatology (A.G.M.), Medicine (M.B.B.), and Pathology (D.G.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Radiology (H.R.K.), Dermatology (A.G.M.), Medicine (M.B.B.), and Pathology (D.G.B.), Harvard Medical School - all in Boston.

PMID: 33882209
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc2100276

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Aged
Blepharoptosis / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Exanthema / etiology*
Face / diagnostic imaging
Face / pathology*
Fever / etiology
Head / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Scalp / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / complications
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / diagnosis*