Unusual Manifestation of Herpes Zoster Infection Involving the Greater, Lesser Occipital and Transverse Cervical Nerve: A Case Report

Abstract

titer in blood (2.42 Vs < 1.0: negative index), patient was diagnosed as having Herpes Zoster. Viral infection was treated with famciclovir 500 mg, 8 hourly, for 15 days; pain was treated with dexibuprofen (400 mg, 8 hourly, for the first week and as needed thereafter). The patient refused the steroid therapy that we usually associated to antiviral treatment.Ten days after the treatment start, skin lesions and pain improved: the patient recovered completely 4 weeks after. DiscussionDistinct neurologic syndromes associated with Herpes Zoster infection include acute or chronic encephalitis, ophthalmic Zoster with contralateral hemiparesis, myelitis, polyradiculitis, motor