Clinical Diagnosis of Herpes Simplex-Infected Pemphigus Erosions.

Clinical diagnosis of Herpes simplex-infected pemphigus erosions is challenging. Pemphigus and Herpes simplex both produce superficial erosions on the skin and mucosa after rupture of vesicles or bullae. Delay in diagnosis of herpes-infected pemphigus patients often causes prolonged morbidity. So far, there has been a paucity of literature describing the characteristic features of Herpes simplex-infected pemphigus erosions. In the present case series, we have illustrated the morphologic features of three Herpes simplex-infected pemphigus erosions and also have suggested characteristic clinical features that were consistently present in all cases.