Journal of the Korean Neurological Association  1988;6(2):272-277

A Case of Herpes Zoster Myelitis.

Youn Mee HWANG 1 ; Byung In LEE ; Jae Woo CHUNG ; Jae Hoon AHN ; Ki Whan KIM ; Dong Ik KIM

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Republic 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.