Forehead flap affected by a primary varicella-zoster infection in a pediatric patient. A case report.

Exanthematous diseases are common in childhood, and varicella is one of the most frequent. We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with partial avulsion of the nasal tip reconstructed with an ipsilateral forehead flap. During her hospital stay, she developed a primary varicella-zoster virus infection, in which the skin lesions also appeared on the forehead flap. Due to its unusual nature, it is important to understand the evolution of a flap affected by systemic dermatosis.