Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is a viral condition that presents as a painful vesicular rash in the trigeminal nerve dermatome. In some cases, self-limiting extraocular muscle palsies may occur several weeks after the onset of HZO and last for weeks to months. A 71-year-old man developed a debili...

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Autores principales: Mueller, Anna, Carvalho, Henrique, Montenegro, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9226857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35755545
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25311
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Carvalho, Henrique
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description Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is a viral condition that presents as a painful vesicular rash in the trigeminal nerve dermatome. In some cases, self-limiting extraocular muscle palsies may occur several weeks after the onset of HZO and last for weeks to months. A 71-year-old man developed a debilitating binocular horizontal diplopia and ptosis about four weeks after the onset of HZO symptoms. He had no uveitis, keratitis, or changes in visual acuity. Examination revealed left abducens palsy and ptosis. Symptoms resolved within eight weeks without any intervention.
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spelling pubmed-92268572022-06-24 Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report Mueller, Anna Carvalho, Henrique Montenegro, Daniel Cureus Neurology Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) is a viral condition that presents as a painful vesicular rash in the trigeminal nerve dermatome. In some cases, self-limiting extraocular muscle palsies may occur several weeks after the onset of HZO and last for weeks to months. A 71-year-old man developed a debilitating binocular horizontal diplopia and ptosis about four weeks after the onset of HZO symptoms. He had no uveitis, keratitis, or changes in visual acuity. Examination revealed left abducens palsy and ptosis. Symptoms resolved within eight weeks without any intervention. Cureus 2022-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9226857/ /pubmed/35755545 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25311 Text en Copyright © 2022, Mueller et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report
title Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report
title_full Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report
title_short Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus Complicated by Unilateral Ptosis and Abducens Nerve Palsy: A Case Report
title_sort herpes zoster ophthalmicus complicated by unilateral ptosis and abducens nerve palsy: a case report
topic Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9226857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35755545
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25311
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