Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and delayed ipsilateral intracerebral hemorrhage

Mossuto-Agatiello, Luigi; Iovine, Carlo; Kniahynicki, C

doi:10.1212/wnl.37.7.1264

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“…In our series myelitis accounted for 6.4% of CNS complications. Acase with an ipsilateral hemorrhage after ophthalmic HZ has recently been reported [26]. Small vessel involvement and a non inflammatory vasculopathy with subendothelial fibromuscular hypertrophy and focal thrombosis with viral antigens has also been found [27,18,30].…”

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Neurological complications of herpes zoster

et al. 1990

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We report 31 cases of herpes zoster (HZ) with neurological complications: 14 with cranial nerve deficits, 1 with cranial nerve deficit associated with segmental motor disorder, 3 with segmental motor deficits, 2 with meningoencephalitis, 2 with meningoencephalitis associated with cranial neuropathy or myelitis, 2 with meningitis, 2 with hemiplegia contralateral to the ophthalmic HZ. 1 with hemiplegia and motor deficit and finally 1 with hemiplegia and a cranial neuropathy. Smoking was the putative risk factor in 53% of our patients together with diabetes, which has already been mentioned in the literature. We frequently observed more than one complication in succession (19.3%) that could not easily be related to the cutaneous distribution. Acyclovir had no demonstrable positive effects on neurological complication in our patients.

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