Open AccessCervicofacial Herpes Zoster Complicating Ganglion-Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Case Report and Review of the Literature: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Mohamed Ali Gliti,
Houda Boudinar,
Sophia Nitassi,
Rachida Soulaymani Bencheikh,
Benbouzid Mohamed Anas,
Abdelilah Oujilal,
Leila Essakalli Houssyni
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.47363/jsar/2021(2)127
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , dermatology , varicella zoster virus , lymph node , pulmonary tuberculosis , cervical lymphadenopathy , mediastinal lymphadenopathy , disease , presentation (obstetrics) , virus , pathology , virology , surgery , biopsy
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease; it has a variable degree of presentation, most often pulmonary while the extrapulmonary location is dominated by lymph node involvement, especially cervical. On the other hand, herpes zoster results from the reactivation of the virus that causes varicella. Here, we report the case of cervicofacial herpes zoster complicating ganglion-pulmonary tuberculosis in a 19-year-old female patient with a history of varicella during childhood, who presents bilateral lymphadenopathy, the diagnosis of pulmonary and lymph node tuberculosis is confirmed by histology, she has treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs and the evolution was marked by the presence of lymphadenopathy and the appearance of cervicofacial herpes zoster