Motor neuropathies associated with herpes zoster
- Book ID
- 116582665
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 56
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6787
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Neurological complications are observed in 5-15% of herpes zoster patients. The most frequent are postherpetic neuralgia, cranial nerve (especially VII) neuropathy, and segmental motor neuritis. Less frequently meningoencephalitis, myelitis, hemiparesis controlateral (or rarely homolateral) to herpe
## Abstract RamsayβHunt syndrome, herpes zoster oticus (HZO), derived its name from James Ramsay Hunt, who first described it in 1907. It is classically characterized by acute peripheral facial paralysis, herpetic eruptions on the auricle, and vestibulocochlear dysfunction due to the reactivation o
Motor involvement in acute herpes zoster is considered rare, but its incidence is unknown. In a sample of 40 patients with acute herpes zoster of varying severity, an abnormal electromyogram (EMG) (fibrillation, positive waves, high-frequency discharges) was found in 21 (53%), suggesting extension o