Case report: Be alert to herpes zoster after total knee arthroplasty

Zhanqi Wei; Zhanqi Wei; Xisheng Weng; Xisheng Weng

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2023.1042482

Frontiers in Surgery (May 2023)

Case report: Be alert to herpes zoster after total knee arthroplasty

Zhanqi Wei,
Zhanqi Wei,
Xisheng Weng,
Xisheng Weng

Affiliations

Zhanqi Wei: Department of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Zhanqi Wei: School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Xisheng Weng: Department of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Xisheng Weng: State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2023.1042482
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10

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An 88-year-old woman started complaining of severe pain at the right knee and above at three weeks after right total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The empirical treatment cannot effectively control the progress of pain. The lesion was eventually diagnosed to be due to herpes zoster (HZ). The finding of HZ was unexpected in this case, because HZ is extremely rare in patients after TKA.

Published in Frontiers in Surgery

ISSN: 2296-875X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery

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