Pain - lesion paramedian dissociation in a case of abdominal herpes zoster. case report
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An unusual clinical case of a dissociative herpes zoster is presented. A right hip-thigh pain preceded the occurrence of a group of herpes zoster lesions at the level of left inguinal fossa.
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