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Herpes zoster following intra-articular corticosteroid injection.
Localized herpes zoster following intra-articular corticosteroid injection is remarkable. We describe an 80-year-old woman with severe osteoarthritis that received an intra-articular injection of 80 mg methylprednisolone in her knee, followed 1 day later by the appearance of linear unilateral vesicles and bullae on her leg in a dermatomal distribution adjacent to the injection site. The roofs o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nishi Nihon Hifuka
سال: 1976
ISSN: 1880-4047,0386-9784
DOI: 10.2336/nishinihonhifu.38.663