Supraorbital Nerve Radiofrequency for Severe Neuralgia Caused by Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus and post-herpetic neuralgia.

Jonathan Hutchinson (1865-6) was the first person to distinguish herpes zoster ophthalmicus from erysipelas, and he described 18 cases, one of which developed a third nerve palsy. Hutchinson stated that zoster never affected the cheek at all, but a few years later Head and Campbell (1900) described a case with affection of the mandibular branch; Paton (1926) reported a case with involvement of ...

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...