Successful oral treatment of third cranial nerve palsy and optic neuritis from neglected herpes zoster in an immunocompetent patient

PURPOSE: Herpes zoster (HZ) is an acute viral eruption caused by the reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV), a herpes virus causing chicken pox in children. We aimed to report a 3-month neglected case of acute herpes zoster-induced third nerve palsy and optic neuritis, followed by a late-onset...

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Autor principal: Osman, Samah A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7695941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33294726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100953