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Abdominal-wall pseudohernia secondary to herpes zoster
1Department of Surgery, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326, USA. rszmd@att.net
Hernia : the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery
|August 17, 2001
Abstract:
We present a case of a 78-year-old woman with abdominal-wall muscle paralysis following cutaneous herpes zoster in the T12-L1 dermatomes. An EMG confirmed paralysis, and a CT scan ruled out fascial defect. The paralysis had completely resolved 1 year later. A review of the literature regarding these unusual sequelae of herpes zoster is presented.