title: Cutaneous herpes simplex infections.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the clinical features and natural history of cutaneous herpes simplex infections associated with genital herpes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective case note study of all patients presenting to James Pringle House with this condition between 1983-1987.
  
  
  METHODS
  123 patients were identified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The commonest sites involved were the buttocks 64/186 (34%), suprapubic area 28/186 (15%) and thigh 14/186 (7.5%). Thirty five of the 123 (28%) patients had more than one anatomical site involved. Genital and extragenital recurrences occurred with similar frequency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extragenital cutaneous herpes simplex is not uncommon. Lesions may occur virtually anywhere on the body. HSV should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of vesiculating skin lesions.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Genitourinary Medicine, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, University College London, Middlesex Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mindel
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Carney
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior