Paraspinal muscle involvement in herpes zoster-induced abdominal wall pseudohernia revealed by electrophysiological and radiological studies

Abdominal paresis and pseudo-hernia secondary to herpes zoster infection: A case report and systematic analysis

“…34 cases of abdominal pseudo-hernia due to herpes zoster infection were included. Their demographic data, clinical features, electrophysiological studies and imaging findings were summarized [ [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] , [29] ]. ( Table 1 , Table 2 ) The median age of the patients was 71.5 (43–82) years.…”

“…The treatment of abdominal pseudo-hernia is primarily conservative and the prognosis is reported to be good in the literature [ [3] , [4] , [5] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [16] , [17] , [18] , 20 , [22] , [23] , [24] , [25] , [26] , [27] , [28] ]. Our study showed that the majority of patients (n = 21, 70%) recovered completely.…”

Abdominal pseudohernia caused by herpes zoster motor neuropathy

“…This causes denervation of the related muscles and resulting paresis. As MRI has demonstrated denervation of paraspinal muscles in patients with abdominal wall paresis, some have posited the point of inflammation causing the symptoms is proximal to the anterior and posterior rami 10 …”