Herpes Zoster Involving Trigeminal and Facial Nerve In an Immunocompetent Patient
Herpes Zoster ophthalmicus is associated with ocular complications in 50% to 89% of cases. The complications may involve the skin, anterior segment, optic nerve, retina, and central nervous system. Ocular involvement may manifest as a self-limited conjunctivitis, scleritis, stromal keratitis and uve...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-04-01
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| Series: | Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.lww.com/10.7869/djo.319 |
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| Summary: | Herpes Zoster ophthalmicus is associated with ocular complications in 50% to 89% of cases. The complications may involve the skin, anterior segment, optic nerve, retina, and central nervous system. Ocular involvement may manifest as a self-limited conjunctivitis, scleritis, stromal keratitis and uveitis. Among neurological complications, post-herpetic neuralgia is the most common, followed by cranial nerve palsies, partial or complete ophthalmoplegia, meningitis, myelitis, encephalitis and delayed contralateral hemiparesis, which more commonly occur in immunocompromised patients. A 52 year old immunocompetent male with herpes zoster involving the facial nerve, along with the mandibular and ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve leading to lagophthalmus, is presented here. |
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| ISSN: | 0972-0200 2454-2784 |