Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

  • 제13권1호
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  • Pages.64-67
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  • 2011
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  • 2508-691X(pISSN)
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  • 2508-6960(eISSN)
대한임상신경생리학회 (The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology)
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대상포진성 다발신경뿌리척수염 1예

A Case of Polyradiculomyelitis Associated With Herpes Zoster

  • 김두현 (영남대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실) ;
  • 박민수 (영남대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실)
  • Kim, Doo-Hyun (Department of Neurology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Min-Su (Department of Neurology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
  • 투고 : 2010.12.27
  • 심사 : 2011.03.30
  • 발행 : 2011.06.30
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초록

Shingles is a latent viral infection of the sensory ganglia. It can be accompanied by a variety of neurologic complications, including polyradiculitis and myelitis. A 66-year-old man with diabetes mellitus presented with progressive weakness, hypethesia and neuralgic pain in his right arm after herpes zoster infection in right C5 dermatome. He was diagnosed with zoster polyradiculomyelitis and treated with intravenous acyclovir and corticosteroid. It is a rare case of zoster neurologic complication in spite of oral acyclovir treatment.

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