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ArticlePostepy psychiatrii neurologii2022

Cervical myelitis due to herpes zoster: case report.

Bünyamin Tosunoğlu, Seyfi Emre Aksoy, Pınar Çınar Önge, Tahir Kurtuluş Yoldaş

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Article in Postepy psychiatrii neurologii, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bünyamin TosunoğluAnkara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Seyfi Emre AksoyAnkara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Pınar Çınar ÖngeAnkara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Tahir Kurtuluş YoldaşAnkara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Ministry of Health · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) belongs to the human neurotropic alpha-herpes virus group. VZV reactivation can lead to neurological complications, including transverse myelitis. However, transverse myelitis caused by VZV reactivation is rare in immunocompetent patients. A case of transverse myelitis caused by VZV in an immunocompromised patient is presented in this paper. Case description: A 64-year-old female patient was admitted to our outpatient clinic with complaints of pain, numbness and loss of strength in her right arm, and decreased sensation of warmth, after suffering from zona zoster infection two weeks before. At that time the patient had shingles in the area covering the C4-T1 dermatomes on her right side and was treated with acyclovir. Comment: Consequently, patients presenting with similar symptoms after shingles should undergo appropriate imaging and tests, and treatment should be given for shingles-related transverse myelitis.

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cervicalmyelitisshinglesvaricella-zoster virus

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PMID37081909
PMCPMC10112506
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