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Query: UMLS:C0014070 (
encephalomyelitis
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A middle-aged woman had five discrete episodes of herpes zoster. The first attack consisted of uncomplicated
herpes zoster ophthalmicus
. The subsequent four episodes involved thoracic, cervical, and finally sacral dermatomes and were complicated by myelitis or
encephalomyelitis
. During the most recent attack, while she was receiving corticosteroids, varicella-zoster virus was cultured from the CSF. In addition, the patient had strong evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus, with a history of Raynaud's phenomenon, migratory arthralgia, and unexplained anemia before the first attack of zoster with subsequent development of a positive lupus cell preparation and elevated antinuclear antibody levels.
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PMID:Recurrent herpes zoster encephalitis. A complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. 625 12
