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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2022 | Volume
: 68
| Issue : 1 | Page : 48-50 |
Zoster neuritis of lumbar nerves: A clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and electrodiagnostic evaluation
P Oak1, T Modi2, D Patkar2
1 Department of Neurology, Nanavati Superspeciality Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Radiology, Nanavati Superspeciality Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
T Modi
Department of Radiology, Nanavati Superspeciality Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jpgm.JPGM_110_21
Human herpesviruses, particularly the varicella-zoster virus, are notorious for affecting the central nervous system, especially when secondarily reactivated from a latent state. We present one such case of zoster radiculitis with an ensemble of typical dermatological and neurological features diagnosed on imaging and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) studies and encourage the consideration of viral (zoster) neuritis as a differential in patients presenting with radicular pain.
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