UNLABELLED Herpes zoster is a common dermatological condition which affects up to 20% of the population, most frequently involving the thoracic and facial dermatomes with sacral lesions occurring rarely and only a few reported cases of penile shingles. CASE REPORT We report two cases of unusual penile clinical presentations of varicella zoster virus infection in immunocompetent men. The patie...

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the cause of chickenpox and shingles, is a pathogen in retreat following the introduction of mass vaccination in the United States in 1995. The live attenuated Oka vaccine, which is safe and immunogenic, gives good protection against both varicella and zoster in the short to medium term. It has undoubtedly been highly effective to date in reducing all forms of vari...

We report on the concept, progress and status of the new project Distributed Open Access Reference Citations Services, DOARC . The emphasis is to exploit especially the Open Access documents on Institutional Repositories: analyzing their reference lists for citations, analyzing the full text for research field specific two-word shingles, and use this for powerful author and user tools, one of w...

Herpes zoster causing skin eruptions and neuropathic pain is routinely seen in the clinical setting. We present an interesting case of weakness involving more than one nerve root level secondary to shingles. The differential diagnosis of lower extremity weakness is long. While a polyradiculopathy secondary to herpes zoster infection is rare, it must be considered in a patient with dermatomal in...

Some conditions that can mimic canker sores include traumatic injury, autoimmune conditions, viral infections (such as herpes simplex and herpes zoster [shingles]), and most importantly, oral cancer. In addition, oral ulcers can be associated with a number of systemic conditions in which the oral ulcers represent only a small part of the underlying problem. A general rule of thumb recommended b...

Delusional parasitosis (DP) or Ekbom's disease is a rare psychiatric condition where the sufferers have a firm-fixed belief of insects crawling over their skin. The condition may be primary monosymptomatic hypochrondrical delusion or secondary to an underlying psychiatric or organic condition. We present two cases of elderly men presenting with classical symptomatology of DP, which is found to ...

Herpes zoster (shingles) is a viral disease, characterized by painful skin eruptions and neuropathic sensory symptoms. Motor involvement and brachial plexus involvement in herpes zoster are rare conditions. Together with antiviral medication and pain therapy, palliative and supportive modalities take an important role in the treatment of herpes zoster. It is well documented in previous reports ...