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Cervical (C2) Herpes Zoster Infection Followed by Pontine Infarction
Author(s) -
Patrick James T.,
Russell Eric,
Meyer Joel,
Biller Jose,
Saver Jeffrey L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon199553192
Subject(s) - medicine , angiopathy , methylprednisolone , aspirin , infarction , stroke (engine) , varicella zoster virus , thrombosis , dorsum , surgery , cardiology , virus , anatomy , myocardial infarction , virology , diabetes mellitus , mechanical engineering , engineering , endocrinology
This article reports a man who had herpes varicella zoster cervicalis with delayed stroke in the posterior circulation. Empiric trea tment was acyclovir, methylprednisolone, and aspirin. Pontine infarction involving migration of the virus via cerv icovasc ular innervation from C2 dorsal root ganglia to the vertebrobasilar circulation with attendant ang iitis/angiopathy and thrombosis is proposed.