A Spinal Cord Tumor Found in the Patient with Herpes Zoster Radiculopathy.
10.4097/kjae.1996.30.2.224
- Author:
Won Suk KANG
1
;
Duck Mi YOON
;
Eun Kyung AHN
;
Seung Lyong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anatomy;
spinal cord;
tmor;
paresis;
Herpes zoster
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Herpes Zoster*;
Humans;
Motor Neurons;
Nervous System;
Paresis;
Radiculopathy*;
Spinal Cord Neoplasms*;
Spinal Cord*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1996;30(2):224-227
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Herpes zoster is primarily a disease of sensory portion of the nervous system and one of motor portion as well. Herpes zoster radiculopathy can be usually easily diagnosed in the presence or previous history of the characteristic cutaneous eruptions. Motor involvement dose not always coincide in location with the cutaneous lesions. Along with the radicular distribution of pain, motor neuron involvement can mimic other clinical conditions such as disc herniation, tumor infiltration, or infection. Even if the diagnosis of herpes zoster radiculopathy may be delayed, it must be put off until any other diseases or underlying causes are ruled out, especially in case motor symptoms and signs are major clinical features, or there is a topographic dissociation between dermatomes and myotomes involved. We report a patient with spinal cord tumor revealed in the evaluation and management of herpes zoster-related radiculopathy.
