Post Herpetic C8 Myotomal Paresis
TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY, vol.21, no.3, pp.117-118, 2015 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 21 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2015
- Doi Number: 10.4274/tnd.35492
- Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
- Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.117-118
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Herpes zoster is a neurocutaneus infection of latent varicella-zoster virus. It occurs by the reactivation of virus in sensory ganglia and causes pain and rash in related dermatome. Although it is a disease of sensory ganglia, myotomal paresis can develop. Motor involvement generally affects cranial nerves but motor palsies of spinal roots are uncommon. We present a patient with postherpetic spinal segmental paralysis, which developed after a rash on the right upper extremity had resolved.