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Makoto Shiraishi1, Masakazu Kurita1
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery The University of Tokyo Hospital Tokyo Japan.
Skin Health and Disease
|August 6, 2024
Abstract:
We herein report an atypical case of shingles caused by varicella zoster virus after surgery. The virus, which goes along with the cutaneous nerve from the ganglia, was unable to spread across the previous surgical scar due to damage of the cutaneous nerves, but made a detour to the upper left direction from the scar.

