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  • Title: Severe brachial plexopathy secondary to shingles (herpes zoster).
    Author: McFeely A, Doyle R, O'Riordan S, Connolly S, O'Dwyer C.
    Journal: Age Ageing; 2021 May 05; 50(3):1001-1003. PubMed ID: 33765117.
    Abstract:
    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.
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