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Isolated double herpes zoster paresis involving the left facial nerve and the right peroneal nerve following disseminated herpes zoster
Author(s) -
TAKAHAMA Hideto,
TSUKAHARA Nanako,
HIRAYAMA Masatoshi,
ITO Satoshi,
SAKURAMOTO Chieko
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paresis , mononeuropathy , herpes zoster ophthalmicus , surgery , shingles , facial nerve , diabetes mellitus , peripheral neuropathy , virology , virus , endocrinology
A 72‐year‐old Japanese male developed disseminated herpes zoster and could not easily walk due to right drop foot and pain. He soon developed numbness and pain on the left side of his face, and noticed difficulty closing his left eye. The left angle of his mouth drooped. The patient was diagnosed as having a double mononeuropathy (a left facial nerve paresis and a right peroneal nerve paresis) following disseminated herpes zoster. Given that the patient was elderly and had diabetes mellitus, the patient appeared to be an immunocompromised host. We also describe other rare complications of herpes zoster from the published work.