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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2025

The Unusual Suspect - Herpes Zoster as the Culprit for Severe Abdominal Pain. A Case Report.

Edward Lovering, Ahmad Asif, Sean Sheih, Samuel B Holzman, Yani Zhang

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Article in Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives, 2025. 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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5 authors.

Edward LoveringMedstar Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ahmad AsifMedstar Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Sean SheihMedstar Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Samuel B HolzmanMedstar Health, Department of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yani ZhangMedstar Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reactivation of herpes zoster leading to disseminated and visceral organ involvement is an uncommon phenomenon and almost always associated with immunocompromised patients. Visceral herpes zoster is a challenging diagnosis to make as patients typically present with severe abdominal pain which precedes the typical rash of herpes zoster. We describe the case of a 68-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and was subsequently diagnosed with disseminated herpes zoster and found to have underlying monoclonal gammopathy.

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Abdominal painDisseminated varicella zosterVaricella zoster virus

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PMID40309284
PMCPMC12039321

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