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. 2018 Aug;90(8):1283-1284.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.25201. Epub 2018 May 10.

Heightened risk of ischemic stroke after recent herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Charles Grose  1
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Heightened risk of ischemic stroke after recent herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Charles Grose. J Med Virol. 2018 Aug.
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Figure 1
Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and stroke. The three branches of the trigeminal ganglion are shown on the left. When a child contracts varicella during childhood, VZV travels via sensory nerves from the exanthem on the face to the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal ganglion, where the virus enters a latent state. (Arrow 1) During late adulthood, the virus occasionally reactivates in the same ganglion and travels to an eye, to cause herpes zoster ophthalmicus. (Arrow 3) The virus may also travel to nerves that surround some of the cerebral arteries. (Arrow 2)
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