Diagnosis: Herpetic whitlow
Description: Painful pustules on finger pulps.
Morphology: Pustules
Site: Fingertips
Sex: F
Age: 48
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory:
A middle-aged lady suffered sudden excrutiating pain on two finger pulps (thumb and index finger) associated with discrete pustules of three days duration. One week later, the lesions have disappeared on treatment of oral acyclvir and topical fusidic acid cream.