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ArticlePain and therapy2020

A Bilateral Lumbar Multidermatomal Herpes Zoster in an Elderly Woman with Chronic Kidney Disease.

Filomena Puntillo, Mariateresa Giglio, Angela Preziosa, Roberta Mele, Nicola Brienza

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Article in Pain and therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Filomena PuntilloDepartment of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy. filomena.puntillo@uniba.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7274-6467
Mariateresa GiglioAnesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Unit, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Angela PreziosaAnesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Unit, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Roberta MeleAnesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Unit, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Nicola BrienzaDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy.
University of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpes zoster (HZ) is a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) permanently latent within the cranial or dorsal root ganglia. Usually the rash presents in only one side of the body, in a single dermatome or restricted to a part of it. In immunocompromised patients, more than one contiguous unilateral dermatome, called multidermatomal HZ, has been described, usually in cervical dermatomes. Bilateral rash is rare. Besides immunosuppression, the major risk factors for virus reactivation are older age and female gender. This is a case of a bilateral lumbar multidermatomal HZ in an elderly woman with chronic renal failure.

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BilateralHerpes zosterKidney diseaseLumbarMultidermatomal

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PMID32514691
PMCPMC7648829
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