Although a few cases of facial palsy following mandibular nerve block and dental surgery have been described, it would appear that herpes zoster oticus following dental surgery has not been documented. It is possible that the latent virus may be activated by the mandibular nerve block and dental surgical interventions. Two cases of herpes zoster oticus, both following inferior alveolar nerve bl...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the etiologic agent of varicella (primary infection) and herpes zoster (reactivation of latent infection). Although varicella is most often a relatively benign and self-limited childhood illness, the disease can be associated with a variety of serious and potentially lethal complications in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised persons. One complication of v...

Only a few reports have focused on ocular motor paralysis in herpes zoster ophthalmicus. We report a case of ocular motor paralysis resulting from herpes zoster. The patient, an 80-yr-old woman, presented with grouped vesicles, papules, and crusting in the left temporal area and scalp, with diplopia, impaired gaze, and severe pain. Her cerebrospinal fluid analysis was positive for varicellar zo...

Sir, Herpes zoster manifests as a result of the reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), in latent infection, in the sensory ganglia of the cerebral and spinal nerves. It is caused by various factors after childhood chickenpox. The vesicular eruption clusters around the sensory nerve distribution and is accompanied by severe pain. As the skin lesion recovers dependent on the extent of necr...

Herpes zoster as a reactivated phase of chickenpox is very rare in infancy due to the protective effect of the maternal immunity against the virus.1,2 Overall rate of zoster is 3.40 cases per 1000 persons. The lowest incidence is less than 10 years old (0.74/1000) per year. The earliest age reported is in a 3-month old infant.3 Herein we present a 3 month-old otherwise healthy boy with herpes z...

BACKGROUND A case report of contralateral acute retinal necrosis (ARN) following herpes zoster ophthalmicus. CASE A 61-year-old male patient developed iridocyclitis and well-demarcated creamy-white retinal lesions at the nasal periphery in the right eye 1 month after herpes zoster ophthalmicus in the left eye. The patient had undergone surgery for primary lung cancer, and had subsequent intra...

Herpes zoster (shingles) is caused by reactivation of the latent varicella zoster virus which is present due to an earlier varicella infection (chicken-pox). Herpes Zoster is a less common and endemic disease than varicella, although factors causing reactivation are still not well known, but it occurs in older and/or immunocompromised individuals. Involvement of C3, T5, L1, L2 and first divisio...

Background: The authors sought to monitor the impact of widespread varicella vaccination on the epidemiology of varicella and herpes zoster. While varicella incidence would be expected to decrease, mathematical models predict an initial increase in herpes zoster incidence if re-exposure to varicella protects against reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. Methods: In 1998–2003, as varicella...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is known to cause VZV vasculopathy, which may be associated with stroke. A recent study found an increased risk of stroke within one year of herpes zoster. We aimed to investigate the short and long-term effects of herpes zoster on the risk of stroke. METHODS Using Danish national registers, we constructed a cohort consisting of all Danish...

UNLABELLED (See the editorial commentary by Corona and Flores, on pages 177-8.) OBJECTIVE  Varicella zoster virus (VZV) has been proposed to be involved in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). However, the epidemiological data regarding the MS occurrence rate following herpes zoster are still scanty. The goal of this study is to investigate the frequency and risk for MS following occu...