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Fatal varicella-zoster virus meningoradiculitis without skin involvement
A N Dueland1, M Devlin, J R Martin
1Department of Neurology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80262.
Annals of Neurology
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 77-year-old man with T-cell lymphoma developed an acute fatal meningoradiculitis of cranial nerve roots and cauda equina, pathologically and virologically confirmed to be caused by varicella-zoster virus. This is the first report of fatal varicella-zoster virus-induced neurological disease in the absence of skin lesions. Varicella-zoster virus should be included in the differential diagnosis of acute radiculoneuropathy in the immunocompromised patient, particularly because antiviral treatment for varicella-zoster virus exists.