Abstract
We report a case of herpes zoster with SLE in pregnancy. The patient was a 30-year-old woman in the thirteenth week of pregnancy who had been receiving hormone therapy for SLE. She presented with the chief complaint of pain due to skin eruptions and lymph node swelling on the right side of her neck. We recognized edematous erythema and small vesicles grouped from her right auricle to her neck and thus diagnosed herpes zoster. Although she was pregnant, we treated her with acyclovir, without any side effects. She continued the pregnancy and a normal baby was delivered at term. We also report three other cases of herpes zoster and two cases of varicella during pregnancy, which were treated at our hospital over the past three years.
