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===Disseminated shingles=== {{anchor|Disseminated}}In those with deficits in immune function, ''disseminated shingles'' may occur (wide rash).<ref name=Pink2015/> It is defined as more than 20 [[skin lesion]]s appearing outside either the primarily affected dermatome or dermatomes directly adjacent to it. Besides the skin, other organs, such as the [[liver]] or [[brain]], may also be affected (causing [[hepatitis]] or [[encephalitis]],<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Chai W, Ho MG |title=Disseminated varicella zoster virus encephalitis |journal=Lancet |volume=384 |issue=9955 |pages=1698 |date=November 2014 |pmid=24999086 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60755-8 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| vauthors = Grahn A, Studahl M |title = Varicella-zoster virus infections of the central nervous system β Prognosis, diagnostics and treatment |journal=[[Journal of Infection]]|date=September 2015|volume=71|issue=3|pages=281β293|pmid=26073188|doi=10.1016/j.jinf.2015.06.004}}</ref> respectively), making the condition potentially lethal.<ref name="Andrews">{{cite book |vauthors=Elston DM, Berger TG, James WD |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology |publisher=Saunders Elsevier |year=2006 |isbn=978-0721629216 }}</ref>{{rp|380}}
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