Colebunders R, De Roo A, Benimadho S, Mestdagh F, Van Damme P
Institute of Tropical Medicine, University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg. 1997;51(1):49-50.
A nasal septum perforation caused by a Varicella Zoster Infection in an AIDS patient. A patient with an acquired immune deficiency syndrome is described who developed a nasal septum perforation. This perforation was probably caused by frequently scratching chronic zoster lesions inside the nose.