Disseminated shingles is a complication of shingles where the rash covers a wider area of the body. A dermatome is an area of skin that a spinal nerve supplies. Spinal nerves branch off the spinal ...

The dermatome also is affected by the shingles (varicella zoster) virus and, in some cases, the shingles vaccine. Dermatomes are divided into groups based on where in the spine they originate ...