Lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy child
Herpes zoster is an acute dermatomal viral infection characterized by clinically painful and erythematous vesicular rash in the area of the associated dermatome as a result of varicella zoster virus reactivation, which is quite rare in childhood and mostly seen in immunocompromised and elderly patie...
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Van Yuzuncu Yil University, School of Medicine
2017-11-01
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| description | Herpes zoster is an acute dermatomal viral infection characterized by clinically painful and erythematous vesicular rash in the area of the associated dermatome as a result of varicella zoster virus reactivation, which is quite rare in childhood and mostly seen in immunocompromised and elderly patients. HZ is clinically better in childhood and rarely accompanies pain and postherpathic neuralgia in lesions holding more of the thoracic dermatomic areas. Herpes zoster cases seen in childhood usually have an underlying predisposing factor such as a trigger stress factor or immunodeficiency. İn this case, were porta 4 years old healthy boy diagnosed as zona zoster patients with prior history of surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a92cbd24d4c14cbdbc00bb078a80f6df2023-12-02T05:56:02ZengVan Yuzuncu Yil University, School of MedicineVan Tıp Dergisi2587-03512017-11-0124439439610.5505/vtd.2017.97759VTD-97759Lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy childMahmut Demir0Mustafa Aksoy1Department Of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, Harran University, Sanliurfa, TurkeyDepartment Of Dermatology, Medical Faculty, Harran University, Sanliurfa, TurkeyHerpes zoster is an acute dermatomal viral infection characterized by clinically painful and erythematous vesicular rash in the area of the associated dermatome as a result of varicella zoster virus reactivation, which is quite rare in childhood and mostly seen in immunocompromised and elderly patients. HZ is clinically better in childhood and rarely accompanies pain and postherpathic neuralgia in lesions holding more of the thoracic dermatomic areas. Herpes zoster cases seen in childhood usually have an underlying predisposing factor such as a trigger stress factor or immunodeficiency. İn this case, were porta 4 years old healthy boy diagnosed as zona zoster patients with prior history of surgery.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=vtd&un=VTD-97759herpes zostervaricella zoster virus reactivationchild |
| spellingShingle | Mahmut Demir Mustafa Aksoy Lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy child Van Tıp Dergisi herpes zoster varicella zoster virus reactivation child |
| title | Lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy child |
| title_full | Lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy child |
| title_fullStr | Lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy child |
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| title_short | Lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy child |
| title_sort | lumbosacral region herpes zoster case in healthy child |
| topic | herpes zoster varicella zoster virus reactivation child |
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