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Brainstem Radiculitis - A Complication of Post Herpes Zoster infection

[ ISSN : 2573-6728 ]

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Case Report | Volume 3 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

Sushma R Yerram*

Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, USA

Corresponding Author:

Sushma R Yerram, Department of Neurology, University of Missouri, 1 Hospital drive, Columbia, 65210, USA, Tel: 573-882-8668; Email: yerrams@health.missouri.edu or sushmassd@gmail.com

Keywords: Herpes zoster; Vesicular rash; Brainstem cranial nerve nuclei; Brainstem radiculitis; Valcyclovir

Abstract

Ramsay hunt syndrome arises from a constellation of cranial nerve involvement, commonly facial nerve and trigeminal nerve along with erythematous rash in ear/ over the eye secondary to Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) reactivation. We describe an unusual presentation of herpes zoster in an immunocompetent individual with several brainstem nuclei involvement mimicking a brain stem stroke. This presentation is termed as brain stem radiculitis.

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Yerram SR. Brainstem Radiculitis - A Complication of Post Herpes Zoster infection. SM J Neurol Neurosci. 2017; 3(1): 1009.

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Received: 07-Aug-2017

Accepted: 18-Aug-2017

Published: 23-Aug-2017