A Case of Malignant Lymphoma Associated with Herpes Zoster, Neurogenic Bladder and Acquired Ichthyosis.
- Author:
Kwang Hyun CHO
;
Won Suk KIM
;
Noe Kyeong KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Anti-Bacterial Agents;
Drug Therapy;
Ganglia, Spinal;
Herpes Zoster*;
Humans;
Ichthyosis*;
Lower Extremity;
Lymphoma*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Mucous Membrane;
Skin;
Urinary Bladder;
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic*;
Urinary Catheterization;
Urinary Catheters
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1979;17(4):259-263
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Herpes zoster is a viral infection of the dorsal nerve root causing painful vesicular eruptions over the skin or mucous membrane of the affected nerve. It is less well known to the dermatologists that berpes zoster causcs bladder dysfunction when the zoster affects the lumbar and sacral spinal ganglia. The authors observed a case of herpes zoster involving the S 2~4 dermatomes, associated with bladder atony in a 58 year old male who had received rad.iotherapy and chemotherapy for his malignant Iymphoma of lymphocytic type. Conservative treatment with urinary catheterization and antibiotics resulted in complete recovery of the bladder function about 3 weeks later. He had also ichthyosiform skin lesions on his back and lower extremities which, by carefuI history and histopathological examination, proved to be acquired ichthyosis.
