Colonic pseudo-obstruction: a complication of herpes zoster.
Herpes zoster has been associated rarely with somatic and visceral motor complications, including segmental motor paralysis, neurogenic bladder dysfunction and, unusually, colonic pseudo-obstruction. We report a patient who developed acute pseudo-obstruction of the colon which followed the appearance of dermatomal herpes zoster.
Jucgla
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Department of Dermatology, Cuitat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge, Spain.
Badell
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Ballesta
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Arbizu
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography