A CASE OF HERPES-ZOSTER MYELITIS OCCURRING DURING EPIDURAL ANALGESIA

Authors
ODA Y TERAI T YUKIOKA H FUJIMORI M
Citation
Y. Oda et al., A CASE OF HERPES-ZOSTER MYELITIS OCCURRING DURING EPIDURAL ANALGESIA, Anesthesia and analgesia, 81(3), 1995, pp. 646-648
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anesthesia and analgesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032999
Volume
81
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
646 - 648
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2999(1995)81:3<646:ACOHMO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Herpes tester is a viral disease characterized by skin rashes and pers istent pain. Antiviral drugs, analgesics, and neural blockade have bee n used as treatment. Epidural analgesia is very effective in the acute stage of herpes tester (1). Herpes tester features various complicati ons (2) including myelitis which is characterized by neurologic defici ts such as motor neuropathy and sensory disorders (3,4). Since similar neurologic deficits may he induced accidentally by epidural analgesia , the differential diagnosis is very important when neurologic deficit s develop after initiation of epidural analgesia in patients with herp es tester. We report a case of herpes tester myelitis which manifested after epidural analgesia.