Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Zoster sine herpete ====== [[Herpes zoster]] (HZ) (Greek: zoster – girdle) (shingles in lay terms): painful vesicular cutaneous eruptions caused by the herpes varicella zoster virus (VZV) (the etiologic agent of chickenpox, a herpes virus that is distinct from herpes simplex virus). It occurs in a dermatomal distribution over one side of the thorax in ≈ 65% of cases (rarely, infections occur without vesicles, called zoster sine herpete). [[Ramsay Hunt syndrome]] can also occur in the absence of a skin rash, condition known as [[zoster sine herpete]]. zoster_sine_herpete.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:58by 127.0.0.1