Vertebrobasiler Ischemic Infarction Developed in a Patient with Postherpetic Neuralgia

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Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a chronic pain syndrome that develops in approximately 10% to 15% of patients with herpes zoster, with the precise figure depending on age. Some problems may be encountered during treatment due to the advanced age and accompanying disorders. In this paper, we purpose to present a patient with diagnosis of PHN who got unconscious during hospitalization, followed with prediagnosis of viral encephalitis and cerebrovascular accident, tought as vertebrobasiler ischemic infarction according to laboratory results and died from this reason. ©2008, Firat University, Medical Faculty.

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Postherpetik Nevraljili Hastada Gelişen Vertebrobaziler İskemik Enfarktüs

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Postherpetik nevralji (PHN), herpes zoster enfeksiyonlu hastaların yaklaşık %10-15'inde gelişen ve kliniği yaşa bağlı olarak değişebilen bir kronik ağrı sendromudur. Hastaların yaşlı olması ve beraberinde yandaş hastalıkları olması ağrı kliniklerinde tedavi sırasında bazı sorunlar çıkarabilmektedir. Bu yazıda, PHN tanısıyla kliniğimize kabul edilen, yatışı sırasında bilinci kapanan, viral ensefalit ve serebrovasküler hastalık ön tanılarıyla takip edilen, laboratuvar sonuçlarına göre vertebrobaziler iskemik enfarktüs düşünülen ve bu nedenle kaybedilen olguyu sunmayı amaçladık.©2008, Fırat Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi

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• Postherpetik nevralji, vertebrobaziler iskemik enfarktüs, hipertansiyon, viral ensefalit

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