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Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection

The herpes virus causes herpes zoster (HZ) (shingles). It develops years later in elderly patients who were affected by the varicella-zoster virus in their childhood. The virus gets reactivated and typically localizes its symptoms to a particular dermatome. If left untreated, it can lead to dental c...

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Autores principales: Warrier S, Aravind, Ganesh, Sivaswarubini, Harikrishnan, Thamizhchelvan, Balaji, Barath, Venugopal, Divyambika C, S, Sushmitha
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123734
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36732
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author Warrier S, Aravind
Ganesh, Sivaswarubini
Harikrishnan, Thamizhchelvan
Balaji, Barath
Venugopal, Divyambika C
S, Sushmitha
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description The herpes virus causes herpes zoster (HZ) (shingles). It develops years later in elderly patients who were affected by the varicella-zoster virus in their childhood. The virus gets reactivated and typically localizes its symptoms to a particular dermatome. If left untreated, it can lead to dental complications, such as osteonecrosis, tooth exfoliation, periodontitis, calcified and devitalized pulps, periapical lesions, and root resorption, in addition to developmental irregularities, such as abnormally short roots and missing teeth. Here, we present the case of a 61-year-old male affected by a rare bacterial superinfection followed by an HZ infection. Our report aims at making clinicians aware of the various potential complications that can develop after an HZ infection.
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spelling pubmed-101312552023-04-27 Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection Warrier S, Aravind Ganesh, Sivaswarubini Harikrishnan, Thamizhchelvan Balaji, Barath Venugopal, Divyambika C S, Sushmitha Cureus Radiology The herpes virus causes herpes zoster (HZ) (shingles). It develops years later in elderly patients who were affected by the varicella-zoster virus in their childhood. The virus gets reactivated and typically localizes its symptoms to a particular dermatome. If left untreated, it can lead to dental complications, such as osteonecrosis, tooth exfoliation, periodontitis, calcified and devitalized pulps, periapical lesions, and root resorption, in addition to developmental irregularities, such as abnormally short roots and missing teeth. Here, we present the case of a 61-year-old male affected by a rare bacterial superinfection followed by an HZ infection. Our report aims at making clinicians aware of the various potential complications that can develop after an HZ infection. Cureus 2023-03-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10131255/ /pubmed/37123734 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36732 Text en Copyright © 2023, Warrier S et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Balaji, Barath
Venugopal, Divyambika C
S, Sushmitha
Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection
title Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection
title_full Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection
title_fullStr Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection
title_full_unstemmed Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection
title_short Herpes Zoster: A Case Report of a Rare Ramification Leading to Secondary Infection
title_sort herpes zoster: a case report of a rare ramification leading to secondary infection
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10131255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123734
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36732
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