HERPES ZOSTER GENERALISATUS

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Abstract
Herpes zoster associated with a generalized eruption simulating varicella has been until recently a rather uncommon occurrence. In the greater number of cases reported the disorder has appeared in a patient with a disease belonging to the group of lymphoblastoma (Hodgkin's disease, lymphatic leukemia, myeloid leukemia, lymphogranuloma, etc.). REPORT OF CASES Case1.—M. H., a man aged 40, a furrier, born in Russia, came to the dispensary of the Jewish Hospital on April 19, 1933, complaining of swellings around the neck and in the armpits of three weeks' duration. Family History.—The family history was irrelevant except for the fact that one brother had died of tuberculosis of the lungs at the age of 35. Examination.—The glands of the neck were enlarged and swollen, the reaction extending to the angles of the jaw. Substernal dulness was noted. The spleen was enlarged from 2 to 3 fingerbreadths below

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