Open AccessZoster neuritis of lumbar nerves: A clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and electrodiagnostic evaluation
Author(s) -
P Oak,
T Modi,
D Patkar
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_110_21
Subject(s) - medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , neuritis , differential diagnosis , varicella zoster virus , cerebrospinal fluid , lumbar , radicular pain , dermatology , pathology , radiology , surgery , virus , virology
Human herpesviruses, particularly the varicella-zoster virus, are notorious for affecting the central nervous system, especially when secondarily reactivated from a latent state. We present one such case of zoster radiculitis with an ensemble of typical dermatological and neurological features diagnosed on imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies and encourage the consideration of viral (zoster) neuritis as a differential in patients presenting with radicular pain.