A Case of Herpes Zoster Myelitis.
- Author:
Youn Mee HWANG
1
;
Byung In LEE
;
Jae Woo CHUNG
;
Jae Hoon AHN
;
Ki Whan KIM
;
Dong Ik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, college of Medicine, Yonsei University.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Herpes Zoster*;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Metrizamide;
Myelitis*;
Myelography;
Skin;
Spinal Cord;
Spinal Cord Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1988;6(2):272-277
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Herpes zoster myelitis is quite rare and it's MRI findings have not been reported. We report a patient who developed a progressive myelopathy after a characteristic herpes zoster skin lesions involving right C3 and C4 dermatomes. The lesions were recognizable in T1-weighted images of MRI as hypointense areas in the central portion of the long segment of the spinal cord, which became more prominent in T2-weighted image as increased signal intensities. In this patient computed tomographic metrizamide myelography (CTMM) showed no detectable intra or extramedullary lesion except a slight bulging of the cervical cord.
