title: Meningoencephalitis-complicating herpes zoster ophthalmicus infection.
abstract: Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is a known complication of herpes zoster and the most common manifestation of cranial zoster, accounting for a significant number of zoster cases. An uncommon but serious complication of herpes zoster ophthalmicus is zoster meningoencephalitis. The exact incidence of herpes zoster meningoencephalitis is not known; in 1 series, 5.5% of patients who initially presented with ophthalmic zoster had neurological complications. Here we report a case of herpes zoster meningoencephalitis in a patient with herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
authors: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, USA.
authors: Saranya
authors: S
authors: Srinivasan
authors: Grace
authors: G
authors: Ahn
authors: Andy
authors: A
authors: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*