Shingles (Herpes Zoster) Mimicking Acute Abdomen

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Shingles is a very well-known viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus leading to painful skin rash. Although shingles can occur anywhere, it most often appears as a single stripe of blisters around the hypochondriac region. We are presenting a rare atypical presentation of shingles, as our patient presented with a picture of the acute abdomen a couple of days prior to the eruption of skin lesions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 12(2020), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite e10762

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Monib, Sherif [VerfasserIn]
Pakdemirli, Emre [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Abdominal rash
Acute abdomen
Case Reports
Herpes zoster
Shingles
Varicella zoster virus

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Date Revised 06.11.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.10762

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317182978