- varicella gangrenosa
- a rare form of chickenpox in which the eruption leads to a gangrenous ulceration, occurring mainly in children with leukemia, immunodeficiency, or some other severe underlying disease.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
varicella gangrenosa
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