Soonchunhyang Med Sci.
2019 Dec;25(2):145-147. 10.0000/sms.2019.25.2.145.
Case Reports on the Effect of Stellate Ganglion Block in Patient with Postherpetic Neuralgia Accompanied by Itching
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- 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. 98303@schmc.ac.kr
- KMID: 2470419
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/sms.2019.25.2.145
Abstract
- Herpes zoster is a disease that involves reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus and induces pain by injuring the nerve ganglia. We present the case of a 52-year-old woman without a notable medical history. She complained of painful itches that were causatively associated with infiltration to the ophthalmic nerve of the trigeminal nerve. Furthermore, the patient did not positively respond to antiviral agents, analgesics, and anticonvulsants. However, after inducing a stellate ganglion block, her Visual Analog Scale for pain and itching reduced from a scale of 8 to 2.
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