PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 12 Infections Due to DNA Viruses
179 Herpes Simplex Virus Infections
![]() | Figure 179-1 Genital herpes: primary vulvar infection. Multiple, extremely painful, punched-out, confluent, shallow ulcers on the edematous vulva and perineum. Micturition is often very painful. Associated inguinal lymphadenopathy is common. (Reprinted with permission from K Wolff, RA Johnson, D Summond: Fitzpatrick's... |
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![]() | Figure 179-2 CT and diffusion-weighted MRI scans of the brain of a patient with left-temporal-lobe HSV encephalitis. |
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