title: Temporal artery biopsy in herpes zoster ophthalmicus with delayed arteritis.
abstract: A 58-year-old man developed herpes zoster ophthalmicus with delayed hemiparesis. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed the presence of a vasculitis. Electron microscopy of the temporal artery failed to reveal viral particles. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus with delayed arteritis appeared to be a contiguous spread of vasculitis to the carotid system and not a direct viral invasion.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology