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zoster

[′zäs·tər]
(medicine)
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Bayam ve arkadaslari (15)'nin calismasinda, bizim olgumuza benzer bir sekilde ileri yasta herpes zoster ophthalmicus sonrasi ensefalit gelisen ve erken asiklovir tedavisi sonrasi hizli iyilesme saglanan bir olgu bildirilmistir.
Complete unilateral ophthalmoplegia in herpes zoster ophthalmicus. J Neuroophthalmol.
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus: Comparison of disease in patients 60 years and older versus younger than 60 years.
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus as the second most common ocular disorder was comparable with reported cases from Nigeria and Cameroon [22, 23].
A new fundus finding in patients with zoster ophthalmicus. American Journal of Ophthalmology 1986;102(4):532-3.
A clinical report on herpes zoster ophthalmicus (shingles affecting the forehead and nose).
Kollmann, Prevalence, complications and associations of herpes zoster ophthalmicus at Kenyatta National Hospital [MEd Dissertation], University of Nairobi, 1999.
Orbital apex syndrome associated with herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Clinical Ophthalmol 2011; 5: 1603-8.
The risk is even higher, about four-fold, if the attack involves the eye (herpes zoster ophthalmicus).
Prognostic value of Hutchinson's sign in acute herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2003; 241:187-191.
When VZV invades the first branch of trigeminal nerve, it results in the development of zoster ophthalmicus. Which present as blepharitis, conjunctivitis, scleritis, or episcleritis.
This paper presents two cases of herpes zoster ophthalmicus whose headaches in the prodromal period mimicked the SUNCT syndrome and who were diagnosed with the presentation of vesicular desquamation.
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