Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report

We report the case of an 89‐year‐old man with typical herpes zoster ophthalmicus on the left side of his face with delayed clinical presentation of orbital apex syndrome. After treatment with intravenous antiviral agents and corticosteroids, the patient fully recovered. Clinical suspicion should be...

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Autores principales: Srimanan, Worapot, Panyakorn, Somboon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9834609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6839
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spelling pubmed-98346092023-01-17 Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report Srimanan, Worapot Panyakorn, Somboon Clin Case Rep Case Report We report the case of an 89‐year‐old man with typical herpes zoster ophthalmicus on the left side of his face with delayed clinical presentation of orbital apex syndrome. After treatment with intravenous antiviral agents and corticosteroids, the patient fully recovered. Clinical suspicion should be concerned in immunocompromised cases. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9834609/ /pubmed/36654694 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6839 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report
title Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report
title_full Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report
title_fullStr Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report
title_short Orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: A case report
title_sort orbital apex syndrome due to herpes zoster infection in a patient with chronic kidney disease: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9834609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6839
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