RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Simultaneous parotitis and ipsilateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus: coincidence?
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e228897
DO 10.1136/bcr-2018-228897
VO 12
IS 3
A1 Fady Banno
A1 Tori Riccelli
A1 Mark Banno
YR 2019
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/3/e228897.abstract
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.