Radiation-Associated Herpes Zoster: A Clinical Case
Teodor Aleksiev, Veselin Popov, Hristo Dobrev · 2024
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Description
Teodor Aleksiev, Veselin Popov, and Hristo Dobrev present a case of shingles appearing inside a radiation treatment field. Shingles comes from the chickenpox virus waking up after years of dormancy in nerve tissue. It strikes more often in people with weakened immunity, including cancer patients on chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The patient, a 50-year-old, had surgery for invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast.
After fifteen sessions of radiotherapy, shingles broke out within the treated area. The patient was treated successfully with acyclovir. Radiotherapy continued while antiviral maintenance therapy ran alongside it. The authors stress the value of fast diagnosis and the right treatment choice in cancer patients. Shingles in this group carries a higher risk of complications and can disturb the course of the primary disease. The case shows that cancer care and antiviral care can proceed together when the infection is caught early.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Teodor Aleksiev, Veselin Popov, Hristo Dobrev |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 12 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |