A case of varicella zoster encephalitis with glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve injury as primary manifestation combined with medulla lesion

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) can invade the brainstem or brain via the glossopharyngeal, vagus , or facial nerve, resulting in brainstem inflammation or encephalitis. We report the case of a 66-year-old male patient with a primary manifestation of medulla injury of the glossopharyngeal and vagus ner...

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Autores principales: Cao, Duan-Hua, Xie, Ya-Nan, Ji, Ye, Han, Jing-Zhe, Zhu, Jian-Guo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2019
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30880528
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060519833529

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