An unexpected case in a hypertensive patient presenting with severe headache: a case of herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Abstract

Varicella Zoster Virus remains latent in neurons after primary infection and can be reactivated especially in conditions such as immunosuppression, trauma, and stress. In this case, a patient who applied with the complaint of headache in his first application and was hospitalized because of hypertensive is discussed. Herpetic eruptions developed in the ongoing process in the patient whose headache still continued after medical treatment was arranged and the diagnosis of herpes zoster ophthalmicus was made. As in the case discussed, it was emphasized that herpes zoster ophthalmicus may develop even in patients without risk factors.

Keywords

• Varicella
• headache
• scalp

Şiddetli baş ağrısı ile başvuran hipertansif hastada beklenmedik bir olgu: herpes zoster oftalmikus vakası

Abstract

Varicella Zoster Virüs primer enfeksiyondan sonra nöronlarda latent olarak kalır ve özellikle immunsupresyon, travma, stres gibi durumlarda reaktive olabilir. Bu olguda ilk başvurusunda baş ağrısı şikayeti ile başvuran, hipertansif olması sebebi ile hospitalize edilen bir hasta ele alınmıştır. Medikal tedavisi düzenlendikten sonra hala baş ağrısı devam eden hastada devam eden süreçte herpetik döküntüler gelişmiştir ve herpes zoster oftalmicus tanısı konulmuştur. Tartışılan olguda olduğu gibi risk faktörleri olmayan hastalarda dahi herpes zoster oftalmicus gelişebileceği vurgulanmıştır.

Keywords

• Varicella
• başağrısı
• skalp

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