RT Book, Section
A1 Raj, Prithvi P.
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
SR Print(0)
ID 3416350
T1 Chapter 40. Acute Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia
T2 Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e
YR 2004
FD 2004
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071443494
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3416350
RD 2024/04/20
AB Acute  herpes  zoster,  commonly  called  shingles,  is  an  acute  infectious  viral  disease  that  primarily  affects  the  posterior  spinal  root  ganglia  of  the  spinal  nerves.  A  single  posterior  spinal  root  ganglion  or  a  small  number  of  adjacent  ones  may  be  affected,  usually  on  the  same  side.  The  corresponding  ganglia  of  the  cranial  nerves  also  may  be  involved  similarly.  The  causative  virus,  varicella-zoster,  belongs  to  a  DNA  group  of  viruses  that  is  host  specific.  The  same  virus  produces  chickenpox  or  varicella  in  children  and  young  people.