Volume 224 - Issue 1
Localised Herpes Simplex Following Midline Laparotomy
Authors: Jessica S. Bulluss, Paul Chee, Matthew J. Verheyden
Correspondence: jessica.bulluss@health.nsw.gov.au
Med J Aust 2026 || doi: 10.5694/mja2.70122
Published online: 5 January 2026
Published online: 5 January 2026
Abstract
An older man with Crohn's disease underwent emergency laparotomy for small bowel perforation. A peri-incisional vesiculobullous eruption developed 5days later. Histopathology demonstrated viral cytopathic changes, immunohistochemistry was positive for herpes simplex virus and HSV-1 DNA confirmed by polymerase chain reaction test, representing the first reported case of localised herpes simplex following abdominal surgery.
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