Nerve ultrasound abnormalities mirror the course of varicella zoster virus sensory-motor radiculoplexopathy

Muscle Nerve. 2017 Apr;55(4):E16-E18. doi: 10.1002/mus.25494. Epub 2016 Dec 28.

Authors

Alessandro Salvalaggio¹, Mario Cacciavillani², Andrea Visentin³, Marta Campagnolo¹, Livio Trentin³, Chiara Briani¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 5, 35128, Padova, Italy.
² CEMES-EMG Lab, Data Medica Group, Padova, Italy.
³ Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, University of Padova, Italy.

PMID: 27935069
DOI: 10.1002/mus.25494

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic lymphocytic leukemia; motor plexopathy; nerve imaging; nerve ultrasound; plexopathy; varicella zoster virus (VZV).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Brachial Plexus / diagnostic imaging*
Brachial Plexus / virology
Herpesvirus 3, Human / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Median Nerve / diagnostic imaging*
Median Nerve / virology
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / virology
Radial Nerve / diagnostic imaging*
Radial Nerve / virology
Radiculopathy
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / complications
Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / diagnostic imaging