PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Fady Banno AU - Tori Riccelli AU - Mark Banno TI - Simultaneous parotitis and ipsilateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus: coincidence? AID - 10.1136/bcr-2018-228897 DP - 2019 Mar 01 TA - BMJ Case Reports PG - e228897 VI - 12 IP - 3 4099 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/3/e228897.short 4100 - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/3/e228897.full SO - BMJ Case Reports2019 Mar 01; 12 AB - A 43-year-old previously healthy man presented to the primary care clinic with concurrent ipsilateral viral parotitis and herpes zoster ophthalmicus. The patient experienced painful swelling below the right ear as well as painful vesicles on the right forehead, eyelid and cheek in the V1 dermatomal region. There were no lesions in the oral cavity or nose. Antibody titres confirmed active varicella zoster virus in the absence of mumps or herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 and unilateral parotitis were confirmed to be non-suppurative by the patient’s primary care physician and the neurologist. Both conditions resolved within 3 weeks with appropriate treatment.