Affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, Ireland. sb72pk@yahoo.comIssue Date
2011-06MeSH
Aged, 80 and overBrachial Plexus
Female
Herpes Zoster
Herpesvirus 3, Human
Humans
Paresis
Upper Extremity
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Monoparesis secondary to herpes zoster. 2011, 180 (2):603-4 Ir J Med SciJournal
Irish journal of medical scienceDOI
10.1007/s11845-009-0397-2PubMed ID
19711018Additional Links
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l212p207w2k16403/Abstract
We describe a 90-year-old woman with right upper limb monoparesis secondary to varicella zoster virus infection as a result of extensive inflammatory involvement of the entire brachial plexus at root level. To our knowledge, this is the first report of entire brachial plexus involvement in a living patient of such advanced age. Despite a delay in presentation and thus initiation of treatment, a favourable clinical response was observed.Item Type
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1863-4362ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s11845-009-0397-2