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Occurrence Of Segmental Zoster Paresis In The Right Arm Of An Adult With Multiple Sclerosis: A Casereport, Shih-Han Lin, Wen-Shiang Chen
Occurrence Of Segmental Zoster Paresis In The Right Arm Of An Adult With Multiple Sclerosis: A Casereport, Shih-Han Lin, Wen-Shiang Chen
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Segmental zoster paresis is a rare complication of cutaneous herpes zoster. Clinical diagnosis of segmental zoster paresis depends upon a history of painful vesicular eruptions in a dermatomal distribution, followed by muscle weakness in the related myotomes. We report the case of a 45-year-old woman with opticospinal type multiple sclerosis with recent cutaneous herpes zoster and right shoulder girdle weakness. Differential diagnosis included multiple sclerosis relapse, zoster myelitis, segmental zoster shoulder paresis, cervical radiculopathy, and shoulder joint or soft-tissue disorders. MRI with gadolinium enhancement of the spinal cord 1 week after the onset of symptoms showed neither new multiple sclerosis …