Herpes Simplex: This is What it can Look Like in a Child

This is a young girl who came in with this skin lesion. Her pediatrician was worried about Herpes Zoster. However, the lesion goes beyond the V1 (Trigeminal Cranial Nerve 5’s 1st branch) territory to touch the V2 territory, which makes this Herpes Simplex and not Herpes Zoster (also known as Shingles).  She rapidly improved with […]