title: An unusual cause of dyspnea in a patient with cervical herpes zoster.
abstract: Motor involvement in acute herpes zoster does occur,but is rare. Most causes of zoster paresis are due to the extension of the inflammation to the anterior horn and/or anterior motor roots. We report a female patient with an unusual diaphragmatic paralysis caused by cervical herpes zoster. The lesion, diagnosed by MRI, involved the anterior horn of the cervical spinal cord.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 199 Tun-Hwa North Road, Taipei 105, Taiwan. lin789@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Chih-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wen-Bin
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: Ping-Cherng
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Men-Gier
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: Yuan-Chang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chien-Chun
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: Ting-Yu
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chen-I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Kao
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000821:virology; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000821:virology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000821:virology*