Varicella zoster virus can infect the trigeminal ganglion, but viral infection is not frequently considered as a cause of trigeminal neuralgia. This is a case of a woman whose trigeminal neuralgia remitted after being treated with valacyclovir for a thoracic zoster rash and later resolved entirely following administration of the zoster vaccine. Successful treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with ...

Aim
 Several studies were conducted to determine the characteristics of hospitalized patients with Herpes Zoster. This study aimed evaluate especially elderly Zoster and compare them young adult in tertiary clinic Turkey.
 Material Methods
 Hospitalized HZ enrolled 2008 2020. Age, gender, length hospitalization, affected dermatomes, treatment agents, comorbidities, complications ...

Outcomes: vaccine efficacy with respect to the severity of illness caused by herpes zoster, defined as the relative reduction in burden of illness score (VEBOI) based on the severity of herpes zoster pain and its duration, comparing the vaccine and placebo groups. For the vaccine to be considered a success, the VEBOI point estimate had to be >47% with the lower limit of the 95% CI .25%. The sec...

Between 1992 and 1995, 57 cases of herpes zoster were investigated according to sex, age, predilection of site, seasonal variation and complications or associated diseases. In sex and age distribution, males were more than females, and the patients were commonly affected after the age of 40. No seasonal variations were observed. Complications noted in 8 cases were herpes zoster ophtalmicus in 3...

Herpes zoster or Shingles, an inflammatory viral disease caused by varicella has classical clinical presentation with herpetic morphological pattern exhibited along one or more dermatomes. The self limiting skin disease is accompanied by pain and burning sensations leading to post herpetic neuralgia. The sensory component of the disease is so prominent that the motor involvement is often overlo...

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus occurs when the latent varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivates in the trigeminal ganglion and ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve. In the elderly, there is a sharp increase in the tendency of secondary skin bacterial infections occurrence due to the deterioration of capabilities of self-care and changed sanitation. We present a case of patient who developed phl...

Vol. 30, No. 2, 2018 255 Received February 9, 2017, Revised May 8, 2017, Accepted for publication May 23, 2017 Corresponding author: Kwang Hyun Cho, Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2072-2412, Fax: 82-2-742-7344, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative...

Varicella-zoster virus is one of six herpesviruses isolated from humans. The core of a typical herpesvirus contains a linear, double-stranded DNA, whereas the viral capsid is icosadeltahedral and contains 162 capsomeres with a hole running down the long axis (1). The varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is associated with two distinct clinical syndromes: varicella (chickenpox) and herpes zoster (shingl...