Herpetic folliculitis in seborrheic keratosis of the head

Herpes zoster preferentially affected hair follicles involved in an acquired melanocytic nevus

“…Our case may be a kind of herpetic folliculitis. 3 However, its clinical manifestation was unique, because only a restricted area of and surrounding the AMN was affected by HZ. Such a phenomenon has never been reported in the literature so far.…”