clinical and not investigation based decision is supreme
surprise...m/45, severe excruciating rt.L5 radicular pain, 2 days, h/o heavy weight lifting, SLR strongly +, no fever.. suspected large prolapsed disc L4-5, got MRI, reported 4-5 proplased disc, was not convinced, did not operate, two days later he developed this...dilemma solved.. he is recovering with app medicines..... diagnosis?
yes..its herpes zoster.. when MRI doesn't correlate with clinical picture, its prudent to wait and watch as I did in this case
Herpes zoster
? HERPES ZOSTER ..
? HERPES ZOSTER
Indeed it is Herpes zoster
Herpes zoster
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HERPES zoster
Herpes zoster
?Herpes Zoster
yes..its herpes zoster.. when MRI doesn't correlate with clinical picture, its prudent to wait and watch as I did in this case
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