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Colonic pseudo‐obstruction: a complication of herpes zoster
Author(s) -
JUCGLA A.,
BADELL A.,
BALLESTA C.,
ARBIZU T.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.98811.x
Subject(s) - complication , medicine , colonic pseudo obstruction , dermatology , surgery
Summary Herpes zoster has been associated rarely with somatic and visceral motor complications, including segmental motor paralysis, neurogenic bladder dysfunction and. unusually, colonic pseudo‐obstruction. We report a patient who developed acute pseudo‐obstruction of the colon which followed the appearance of dermatomal herpes zoster.