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Collagen Nevus over Herpes Zoster Scar: An Increased Immune Response or a Separate Entity

  • 1. Department of Dermatology, People's College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bhanpur, Bhopal - 462037

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Herpes zoster lesions are well known to heal with abnormal scar formation. Collagen deposition occurs as a result of abnormal immunological and inflammatory response within the tissue. Whereas, connective tissue nevi are formed by structural alteration or increase in collagen or elastin fibers, we report a case of a young male whose herpes zoster lesions healed with formation of a collagen nevus.

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