A Case of Associated Laryngeal Paralysis Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus without Eruption

We report a patient with significant weakness of the left soft palate, paralysis of the left vocal cord, and left facial nerve palsy. Although the patient showed no herpetic eruption in the pharyngolaryngeal mucosa and auricle skin, reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) was confirmed by serol...

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Autores principales: Fujiwara, Keishi, Furuta, Yasushi, Fukuda, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24715925
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/916265
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author Fujiwara, Keishi
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description We report a patient with significant weakness of the left soft palate, paralysis of the left vocal cord, and left facial nerve palsy. Although the patient showed no herpetic eruption in the pharyngolaryngeal mucosa and auricle skin, reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) was confirmed by serological examination. She was diagnosed with zoster sine herpete. After treatment with antiviral drugs and corticosteroids, her neurological disorder improved completely. When we encounter a patient with associated laryngeal paralysis, we should consider the possibility of reactivation of VZV even when no typical herpetic eruption is observed.
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spelling pubmed-39703332014-04-08 A Case of Associated Laryngeal Paralysis Caused by Varicella Zoster Virus without Eruption Fujiwara, Keishi Furuta, Yasushi Fukuda, Satoshi Case Rep Med Case Report We report a patient with significant weakness of the left soft palate, paralysis of the left vocal cord, and left facial nerve palsy. Although the patient showed no herpetic eruption in the pharyngolaryngeal mucosa and auricle skin, reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) was confirmed by serological examination. She was diagnosed with zoster sine herpete. After treatment with antiviral drugs and corticosteroids, her neurological disorder improved completely. When we encounter a patient with associated laryngeal paralysis, we should consider the possibility of reactivation of VZV even when no typical herpetic eruption is observed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3970333/ /pubmed/24715925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/916265 Text en Copyright © 2014 Keishi Fujiwara et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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