title: Unusual formation of keloids after each episode of recurrent herpes zoster in an HIV positive patient.
abstract: Herpes Zoster (HZ) lesions are well known to heal with keloids. As immunity plays an important role in the development of abnormal scars and keloids, the latter is unusual in HIV where immunity is low. We report a rare case of recurrent HZ in an HIV-positive male where the lesions have healed with formation of keloids in both episodes. Within 50 days of last episode, he had an attack of herpes progenitalis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sankha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koley
authors.forename: Vikrant
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saoji
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salodkar