Symptomatic herpes zoster and sciatica. A case report.
The author reports a case of a 44-year-old woman with sciatica due to a herniated lumbar disc complicated by the appearance of a zoster eruption over the same, or nearly the same, dermatome. Among the causative factors that trigger herpes zoster prolapsed intervertebral disc is not usually included.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology*