Recurrent herpes zoster ophthalmicus in a young, healthy individual taking high doses of l-Arginine

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus in a healthy child.

To cite: Teran CG, Medows M. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009702 DESCRIPTION A previously healthy 6-year-old male child presented in the emergency department with a 4-day history of painless erythematous-papulomacular rash that started on the left side of the forehead. The lesions became blistered and confluent, spreading to the nasal bridge...

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

INTRODUCTION Herpes zoster is a common diagnosis in the emergency department (ED). Caused by the reactivation of the varicellazoster virus (VZV), zoster usually presents as a painful dermatomal rash. In addition to skin or mucosal involvement, VZV reactivation commonly affects the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve and subsequently the eye. This manifestation is termed herpes zoster op...

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus.

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus in children.

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus, first described fully by Jonathan Hutchinson in 1866, is very rare in children, being predominantly an adult affection (Doggart, 1933; Bjork, 1950; Duke-Elder, 1952). Koch (1939), in reporting a case in a child of 51 years of age, states that only one other child, aged 12, developed zoster ophthalmicus at the Mayo Clinic before 1938. In a fairly exhaustive analysis o...

Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus in Children

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus, first described fully by Jonathan Hutchinson in 1866, is very rare in children, being predominantly an adult affection (Doggart, 1933; Bjork, 1950; Duke-Elder, 1952). Koch (1939), in reporting a case in a child of 51 years of age, states that only one other child, aged 12, developed zoster ophthalmicus at the Mayo Clinic before 1938. In a fairly exhaustive analysis o...