@article {Jaine228639, author = {Mantu Jain and Prabhas Ranjan Tripathy and Chitta Ranjan Mohanty}, title = {Post-total knee arthroplasty herpes zoster activation}, volume = {12}, number = {4}, elocation-id = {e228639}, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1136/bcr-2018-228639}, publisher = {BMJ Specialist Journals}, abstract = {Herpes zoster is a clinical manifestation of reactivation of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) that lies dormant in the dorsal root ganglia after a past primary infection. It can be associated with severe pain, a crop of vesicles in typical dermatomal distribution but the neuralgic pain persists long, making the patient uncomfortable and often disturbing patient{\textquoteright}s sleep. There are cases reported after trauma or post surgeries that are mainly related to organ transplant or malignancy. In the literature, there is a solitary report of VZV infection along the sciatic nerve post ipsilateral hip and contralateral knee joint replacement. Here, we report a VZV infection in post knee replacement setting along the L2-3 dermatomal distribution.}, URL = {https://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/4/e228639}, eprint = {https://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/4/e228639.full.pdf}, journal = {BMJ Case Reports CP} }