ArticleInfection & chemotherapy2016
A Case of Transverse Myelitis Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus in an Immunocompetent Older Patient.
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- Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis due to Varicella-Zoster Virus Infection in an Undiagnosed HIV-Positive Patient.Case reports in neurological medicine · 2024Article
- Transverse myelitis caused by herpes zoster following COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Transverse myelitis after infection with varicella zoster virus in patient with normal immunity: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Transverse myelitis caused by varicella-zoster.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis in an Immunocompetent Older Individual-A Rare Complication of Varicella-Zoster Virus Reactivation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Article
- Detection of varicella-zoster virus from cerebrospinal fluid using advanced fragment analysis in a child with encephalitis: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2019Article
- Acute Transverse Myelitis in Children, Literature Review.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2018Review
- Unusual case of acute urinary retention in a young female.BMJ case reports · 2017Article
- Tuberculous Meningitis-Mimicking Varicella-Zoster Meningitis.Infection & chemotherapy · 2017Article
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Abstract
Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a human neurotropic alphaherpesvirus that causes chickenpox (varicella) in children. VZV reactivation may lead to neurological complications, including transverse myelitis. However, transverse myelitis caused by VZV reactivation is rare in immunocompetent patients. Herein, we report a case of transverse myelitis caused by VZV in an immunocompetent older patient, and confirmed this case by polymerase chain reaction. A 79-year-old woman visited our service with complaints of weakness in the right lower leg, generalized vesicular eruptions, and throbbing pain in the right flank for ten days. Spine MRI showed transverse myelitis in the thoracic spine at level T4-T11. The patient was treated with acyclovir and her neurological functions improved, except for sensory impairment below level T10. For older patients, early and aggressive antiviral treatment against VZV may be necessary even though these patients are immunocompetent.
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