St. Vincents Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Departments of Medicine for the Older Person, St. Columcilles Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Age Ageing. 2021 May 5;50(3):1001-1003. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab055.
Varicella zoster reactivation ("shingles" or "herpes zoster") usually presents as a self-limiting, unilateral, dermatomal vesicular rash in older adults. We present the case of a 73 year-old woman with unilateral brachial plexopathy, an unusual but debilitating complication of shingles. Despite treatment with intravenous acyclovir and immunoglobulin she had a marked residual motor paresis that required an upper limb rehabilitation program after discharge.
水痘带状疱疹病毒再激活（“带状疱疹”或“带状疱疹”）通常表现为老年人自限性、单侧、节段性水疱性皮疹。我们报告了一例 73 岁女性单侧臂丛神经病的病例，这是带状疱疹的一种不常见但使人虚弱的并发症。尽管静脉用阿昔洛韦和免疫球蛋白治疗，但她仍有明显的残余运动无力，出院后需要上肢康复计划。
