2017
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-017-0562-3
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Diagnostik und Management des Herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Abstract: Herpes zoster (HZ, shingles) represents the secondary manifestation of an infection with varicellazoster virus (VZV). A reactivation of dormant VZV in the ophthalmic branch of the fifth cranial nerve leads to ophthalmic HZ (HZO). The predominantly older and immune compromised patients often present with eye involvement (approximately 50%) as well as characteristic skin changes. Clinical manifestations include the cornea and conjunctiva but anterior uveitis and (rarely) acute retinal necrosis may also occur. As… Show more

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“…Patients with HZO were selected according to the guideline of Werner RN if they had a typical rash of herpes zoster with primary diagnosis of HZO. 8 Patients without typical skin rash or non-v1 HZ were excluded. We identified 1105 participants through the search, of which 916 were excluded as they either did not have V1 nerve involvement or did not exhibit typical skin rash.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Patients with HZO were selected according to the guideline of Werner RN if they had a typical rash of herpes zoster with primary diagnosis of HZO. 8 Patients without typical skin rash or non-v1 HZ were excluded. We identified 1105 participants through the search, of which 916 were excluded as they either did not have V1 nerve involvement or did not exhibit typical skin rash.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Herpes zoster ophthalmicus is estimated to account for up to 20% of all herpes zoster (HZ) cases. It typically present as severely painful, grouped vesicles in a dermatomal distribution over the skin that are innervated by the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve 8 …”
Section: Infectionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Es empfiehlt sich sehr sorgfältig nach den ersten anfangs noch diskreten Effloreszenzen zu suchen. Bei schweren Verläufen können auch hier begleitende Ausfälle der ophthalmologischen Hirnnerven mit Visusminderung, Doppelbildern und ophthalmologischen Komplikationen (Glaukom, Hornhautulzera) auftreten [39,40].…”
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