Sciatica with motor loss and hemi-cauda equina syndrome due to varicella-zoster virus meningoradiculitis

Joint Bone Spine. 2013 Jul;80(4):436-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2012.12.008. Epub 2013 Mar 1.
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Keywords: Cauda equina syndrome; Polyradiculopathy; Varicella-zoster virus; Wegener's granulomatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cauda Equina*
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Herpesvirus 3, Human*
  • Humans
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / epidemiology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Radiculopathy / complications*
  • Radiculopathy / drug therapy
  • Radiculopathy / virology*
  • Sciatica / diagnosis
  • Sciatica / epidemiology
  • Sciatica / etiology*
  • Syndrome
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Acyclovir