title: [Zona after spinal anesthesia: coincidence or consequence?].
abstract: A case is reported of a herpes zoster infection occurring a few days after spinal anaesthesia in a man with severe cardiac disease who had undergone transurethral endoscopic resection of a prostatic epithelioma. The question as to whether there was a relationship between the two events had to be asked, all the more so as the rash seemed to be centered on the puncture wound. Others factors involved may have been the effect of anaesthesia on the body's defence mechanisms, the use of prophylactic antibiotics and the neoplasm.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Zona après rachianesthésie: coïncidence ou conséquence?