Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-7-2026
Publication Title
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Volume
5
Issue
7
First page number:
1
Last page number:
3
Abstract
The reactivation of latent varicella-zoster virus within infected neurons can lead to common clinical manifestations, including rash, acute neuritis, post-herpetic neuralgia, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, and Ramsay–Hunt syndrome. Segmental zoster paresis is an unusual neurologic complication of shingles that is defined by focal asymmetric motor weakness in the myotome corresponding to skin lesions of the dermatome. This case is a presentation of a patient who developed chronic hypoxia and severe atelectasis attributed to right-sided phrenic nerve paralysis secondary to herpes zoster infection.
Keywords
Shingles; Skin; Nerves; Thorax; Rashes; Infectious Diseases; Varicella-Zoster virus; Lesions; Segmental Zoster paresis; Herpes Zoster; Varicella
Disciplines
Parasitology | Virus Diseases
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2700 KB
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Sanvictores, T.,
Ukken, J.
(2026).
Hemidiaphragmatic Segmental Zoster Paresis.
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases, 5(7),
1-3.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2025.0824