Facial Herpes Zóster – Case Report

This article describes a case of facial zoster which affected a sixteen-year-old male patient. His ulcerations involved the majority of the right hemiface not surpassing the facial midline. The observation of follow- up of the patient during and after treatment was accomplished and the case was foll...

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Autores: Silva, Luciano Barreto, de Castro, Marcos José Araújo, Ribeiro, Carlos Eduardo Coutinho, Sobral, Ana Paula Veras, de Souza, Gleicy Fatima Medeiros, da Silveira, Marcia Maria Fonseca
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2012
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositório:Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Porto Alegre (Online)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/37997
Acesso em linha:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/RevistadaFaculdadeOdontologia/article/view/37997
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Herpes zóster. Infecção. Varicela
Herpes zoster
Infection
Varicela
Descrição
Resumo:This article describes a case of facial zoster which affected a sixteen-year-old male patient. His ulcerations involved the majority of the right hemiface not surpassing the facial midline. The observation of follow- up of the patient during and after treatment was accomplished and the case was followed up from the appearance of the lesions up the final healing process, where the patient had returned to his normal life condition. Herpes zoster infection seems to be an outcome of a weakened immunologic system and patients must be monitored in order to detect possible sequels or undetected non-diagnosed diseases.