Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to report the case of a male patient with Parkinson disease who developed brachial plexopathy (BP) due to varicella-zoster virus, which was successfully treated with human immunoglobulin. METHOD:We report the case of a 75-year-old male subject with a diagnosis of Parkinson disease who came to our hospital complaining of pain, skin lesions, and strength loss in his right arm during the past 2 months. Physical examination revealed vesicular rash compatible with varicella-zoster virus lesions. Nerve conduction studies and magnetic resonance imaging of the brachial plexus showed inflammatory changes at that level. A trial with oral valacyclovir followed by intravenous methylprednisolone bolus was administered without further response. However, human intravenous immunoglobulin resulted in complete recovery of the symptoms. CONCLUSIONS:Human immunoglobulin is effective in BP due to zoster infection and must be considered if standard treatment fails. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of BP associated to zoster infection successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.
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Clin Neuropharmacoljournal_title
Clinical neuropharmacologyauthors
Sáenz-Farret M,Sandoval-Rodríguez V,Paz-Navarro CE,Zúñiga-Ramírez Cdoi
10.1097/WNF.0000000000000195subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-01-01 00:00:00pages
43-47issue
1eissn
0362-5664issn
1537-162Xjournal_volume
40pub_type
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