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I Querol

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PubMed2001

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome following herpes zoster.

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS), or algodystrophy, is a poorly understood, painful syndrome that consists of multiple symptoms, including vasomotor instability, swelling, and chronic pain involving an extremity. Although RSDS following herpes zoster is classically recognized, only a few well-documented cases of this complication have been reported to date. We present the case of a 63-year-old white woman with characteristic signs and symptoms of RSDS in the left upper limb that appeared 3 weeks after she had a typical herpes zona involving the left C5-C6 dermatomes. Early diagnosis and treatment with physiotherapy, intranasal salmon calcitonin, and oral calcium achieved a progressive improvement of the disease, which healed without sequelae in a brief time.

Administration, Intranasal↗
PubMed1998

Granular-cell tumor of the esophagus: report of a case with a cytologic diagnosis based on esophageal brushing.

We report a case of granular-cell tumor (GCT) in the esophagus. This is a rare location for this tumor and only 80 cases have been described. The tumor was diagnosed in a 24-yr-old woman with epigastralgia. Endoscopic examination revealed a submucosal ulcerated lesion. The smears derived from esophageal brushings contained clusters of granular cells. Histologic examination of the endoscopic biopsy provided diagnostic confirmation of GCT. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of esophageal GCT in which the characteristic tumor cells were seen in the endoscopic brushing material. This case demonstrates that a cytologic diagnosis of GCT is possible if the lesion is ulcerated and/or brushing is subsequent to taking the biopsy. Although rare in the esophagus, GCT should be considered in the differential diagnosis of esophageal neoplasms.

Adult↗
PubMed1996

Connatal herpes zoster.

We describe a case of connatal herpes zoster present in a newborn girl whose mother had been exposed to varicella infection during the seventh month of pregnancy. A few minutes after delivery, the newborn was examined for an erythematous maculopapular rash with clear grouped vesicles involving the right L2-L4 dermatome. She was given varicella zoster immunoglobulin and oral and topical acyclovir, and all the skin lesions were completely healed eight days later. This report emphasizes one aspect of the relationship between maternal exposure to varicella zoster virus infection and the occurrence of connatal shingles, the benign course of the disease in this case, and the favorable response to acyclovir therapy in neonates.

Acyclovir↗