An unusual case of lower trunk brachial plexus zoster reactivation

We discuss the case of a 42-year-old woman who presented with severe left cubital tunnel neuropathic pain and subsequently developed a vesicular rash spanning the C8-T1 dermatomal distribution. These symptoms resolved after initiation of acyclovir, highlighting VZV brachial plexopathy as a potential...

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Autores principales: Burch, Samantha J., Shepard, Elizabeth, Lipira, Angelo B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37547269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2242497
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description We discuss the case of a 42-year-old woman who presented with severe left cubital tunnel neuropathic pain and subsequently developed a vesicular rash spanning the C8-T1 dermatomal distribution. These symptoms resolved after initiation of acyclovir, highlighting VZV brachial plexopathy as a potentially treatable etiology of acute onset severe neuropathic pain.
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spelling pubmed-103994872023-08-04 An unusual case of lower trunk brachial plexus zoster reactivation Burch, Samantha J. Shepard, Elizabeth Lipira, Angelo B. Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report We discuss the case of a 42-year-old woman who presented with severe left cubital tunnel neuropathic pain and subsequently developed a vesicular rash spanning the C8-T1 dermatomal distribution. These symptoms resolved after initiation of acyclovir, highlighting VZV brachial plexopathy as a potentially treatable etiology of acute onset severe neuropathic pain. Taylor & Francis 2023-08-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10399487/ /pubmed/37547269 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2023.2242497 Text en © 2023 Oregon Health & Science University. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
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