Abstract
SELECTED CASES Case 1 A 56-year-old woman with advanced lymphoma presented with numerous coalescing lesions confined to the distributions of the left maxillary and ophthalmic divisions of the fifth cranial nerve. Ulcerations were also apparent on the left hemipalate. She had completed radiotherapy months before, but she continued to receive aggressive, multidrug chemotherapy, with the last course within days of the onset of the rash. Lesions were culture positive for varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Treatment was begun with high-dose intravenous acyclovir and continued for 7 days until new vesicles stopped forming. Nonetheless, existing lesions evolved into a confluent eschar (Fig 1, left). She then experienced an episode of mental confusion and right-sided paresis presumed to be secondary to virus-associated granulomatous angiitis of the left middle cerebral artery. Then all the teeth in her left maxillary arch loosened and were lost. Left maxillary sinusitis developed, necessitating antibiotics and surgical creation of a
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
