Temporal Artery Biopsy in Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus by Delayed Arteritis

Authors :: David I. Victor
W. Richard Green
Source :: American Journal of Ophthalmology. 82:628-630
Publication Year :: 1976
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1976.
Abstract: A 58-year-old man developed herpes zoster ophthalmicus with delayed hemiparesis. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed the presence of a vasculitis. Electron microscopy of the temporal artery failed to reveal viral particles. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus with delayed arteritis appeared to be a contiguous spread of vasculitis to the carotid system and not a direct viral invasion.