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. 2020 Feb 17;13(1):46-47.
doi: 10.4103/ojo.OJO_142_2019. eCollection 2020 Jan-Apr.

Posttraumatic maxillary and ophthalmic herpes zoster in an immune-competent female - A unique presentation

Rajat Mohan Srivastava  1 , Vishal Katiyar  1 , Siddharth Agrawal  1
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Posttraumatic maxillary and ophthalmic herpes zoster in an immune-competent female - A unique presentation

Rajat Mohan Srivastava et al. Oman J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

Herpes Zoster is a neuro-cutaneous disorder caused by reactivation of Varicella-Zoster Virus. A number of factors such as old age, psychological stress, low immune states, radiation exposure and physical trauma have been implicated for reactivation. Post traumatic herpes zoster involving maxillary and ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve is very rare and has been reported in presence of Immune deficiency and following iatrogenic trauma (nerve block injection). We report a unique presentation of simultaneous ophthalmic and maxillary herpes zoster following a facial injury with a wooden stick in an immune-competent female.

Keywords: Immune-competent; maxillary herpes zoster; ophthalmic herpes zoster; posttraumatic.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
(a) Erythema-edema with vesicular eruption on the right side of the face. (b) Vesicular eruption over the right palate and buccal mucosa
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Scaling of eruption with reduced edema over the face and eyelids. (b) Disappearance of vesicles from over the buccal mucosa and palate
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