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Reactivation of Herpes Simplex Virus Following Sphenopalatine Ganglion Nerve Block: Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Nicholas I Koenig, Joseph A McGuire, Violet P Shackleford, Kelsey Bauer

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Review in A&A practice, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicholas I KoenigFrom the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Joseph A McGuireDepartment of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Violet P ShacklefordDepartment of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Kelsey BauerDepartment of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
West Virginia University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 36-year-old woman with no significant past medical history underwent a sphenopalatine ganglion block for treatment of a month-long migraine headache refractory to conservative treatment protocols. The headache resolved initially, but 1 day following the procedure, the headache recurred. The patient also developed an erythematous and edematous rash which cultures confirmed to be herpes simplex virus (HSV). Following several unsuccessful treatment modalities, the patient received valacyclovir, which resulted in resolution of her headache. Underlying HSV-1 infection may cause intractable migraine headache and nerve blocks may potentiate reactivation of latent HSV infection that caused the skin lesion in this case.

Indexed as

Herpes SimplexMigraine DisordersSphenopalatine Ganglion BlockAdultFemaleHeadacheHumansSimplexvirus

Identifiers

PMID37870295
PMCPMC10609693
OpenAlexW4387865454

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Registered trials

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