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Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis

We present a case of a 34-year-old right-handed Caucasian male with chronic occipital neuralgia refractory to medical therapies and minimally invasive pain procedures who underwent surgical cervical dorsal root ganglionectomy which completely relieved his headaches. The histopathological and immunoh...

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Autores principales: Valyi-Nagy, Tibor, Rathore, Jaivir S., Rakic, Andrei M., Rathore, Ranvir S., Jain, Paavani, Slavin, Konstantin V.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479146
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author Valyi-Nagy, Tibor
Rathore, Jaivir S.
Rakic, Andrei M.
Rathore, Ranvir S.
Jain, Paavani
Slavin, Konstantin V.
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description We present a case of a 34-year-old right-handed Caucasian male with chronic occipital neuralgia refractory to medical therapies and minimally invasive pain procedures who underwent surgical cervical dorsal root ganglionectomy which completely relieved his headaches. The histopathological and immunohistochemical findings of the resected cervical dorsal root ganglia were consistent with active herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection causing ganglionitis. To the best of our knowledge, this case represents the first histopathologically proven HSV-1 cervical dorsal root ganglionitis in humans. This case provides an insight into a possible etiology of occipital neuralgia.
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spelling pubmed-56183992017-09-29 Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis Valyi-Nagy, Tibor Rathore, Jaivir S. Rakic, Andrei M. Rathore, Ranvir S. Jain, Paavani Slavin, Konstantin V. Case Rep Neurol Case Report We present a case of a 34-year-old right-handed Caucasian male with chronic occipital neuralgia refractory to medical therapies and minimally invasive pain procedures who underwent surgical cervical dorsal root ganglionectomy which completely relieved his headaches. The histopathological and immunohistochemical findings of the resected cervical dorsal root ganglia were consistent with active herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection causing ganglionitis. To the best of our knowledge, this case represents the first histopathologically proven HSV-1 cervical dorsal root ganglionitis in humans. This case provides an insight into a possible etiology of occipital neuralgia. S. Karger AG 2017-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5618399/ /pubmed/28966586 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479146 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Rathore, Jaivir S.
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Rathore, Ranvir S.
Jain, Paavani
Slavin, Konstantin V.
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis
title Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis
title_full Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis
title_fullStr Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis
title_full_unstemmed Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis
title_short Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Human Cervical Dorsal Root Ganglionitis
title_sort herpes simplex virus type 1 human cervical dorsal root ganglionitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5618399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000479146
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