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Chicken Pox - Typical Early Lesion

From Heather Brannon, MD, About.com

Updated: August 1, 2007

About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD

This is another example of a classic early chicken pox lesion -- note that there are clusters of vesicles on an erythematous base. These clusters usually coalesce after a couple of days to make one distinct lesion.
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