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zosteriform

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zosteriform /zos·ter·i·form/ (zos-ter´ĭ-form) resembling herpes zoster.
zos·ter·i·form (z-str-fôrm) or zos·ter·oid (zst-roid)
adj.
Resembling herpes zoster.

zosteriform
[zoster′ifôrm]
Etymology: Gk, zoster, girdle; L, forma, form
resembling the pocks seen in herpes zoster infection.

zosteroid [zos´ter-oid]
resembling herpes zoster; called also zosteriform.

zosteriform
adjective Referring to a band-like unilateral skin lesion located along the cutaneous distribution of a spinal or a branch of the trigeminal nerves, usually seen in the recrudescence of herpes zoster but also–rarely seen in metastatic breast CA and hemangiomas of Sturge-Weber disease


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[9] In rare cases, a zosteriform pattem is seen, [32] as well as that of a metastatic inflammatory carcinoma.
 
 
 
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