CASE HISTORY
A 7-year-old female child was referred to our Pediatric Dermatology Unit following several dermatological consultations with the suspect of monkey-pox infection. General conditions were good and objective examination was negative apart from retro auricular lymphadenopathy. The mother reported only few acute episodes of mild cough in the previous ten days.
Skin inspection revealed a diffuse vesicle-bullous eruption, with involvement of neck and face and sparing of palmo-plantar surfaces. At a closer observation, lesions were diffuse but tended towards coalescence into a rosette-like appearance (Fig1, Fig 2a, 2b).