Herpes zoster with multiple cranial and upper cervical nerves involvement.
- Author:
Dong Kuck LEE
1
;
Kyu Ho KWAK
;
Jin Kuk DO
;
Hee Jong OH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, School of medicine, Catholic University of TaeguHyosung.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Aged;
Ear;
Facial Paralysis;
Female;
Ganglia;
Hearing;
Herpes Zoster*;
Humans;
Hyperacusis;
Neck;
Neurologic Examination;
Sensation;
Skin;
Tongue;
Virus Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1997;15(3):712-715
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Herpes zoster is a viral disease that produces inflammatory lesions in the posterior root ganglia and is characterized clinically by pain and a skin eruption in the distribution of the affected ganglia. Involvement of motor roots or the CNS occurs in a small percentage of the patients. There are few reports about multiple cranial and upper cervical nerve involvement. We report a herpes zoster with multiple cranial(VI, VII, VIII, XII) and upper cervical(C2,3) nerves involvement. The patient was a 79-year-old woman who presented with painful vesicular eruption on left side of face and neck. She complained of decreased hearing and hyperacusis of left ear. Neurologic examination showed decreased taste sensation of left anterior tongue, left facial palsy, and tongue deviation to the left side.
