Gastric involvement in herpes zoster.
A 76-year-old man with herpes zoster affecting the 7th thoracic dermatome on the right side was referred for gastroscopy because of anorexia, nausea, vomiting and burning epigastric pain. Lesions were seen along the greater curvature of the stomach suggesting mucosal herpes zoster.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis