Typical varicella zoster (ophthalmicus) in an HIV‐infected person

A typical varicella zoster (ophthalmicus) in an incidentally HIV-infected person is reported in a young man. It was characterized by tense, grouped, vesiculobullous eruptions on a brick-red base. The diagnosis was substantiated by demonstration of swollen epidermal (balloon) cells with a nucleus/several nuclei containing inclusion bodies. Reticular degeneration was apparent.