We describe a woman who developed postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) located on the skin areas of the left ophthalmic division of the fifth cranial nerve without ocular involvement. PHN was associated with tinnitus, which was located ipsilaterally to the painful side and increased in proportion to the intensity of pain. Tinnitus was responsive to treatment with duloxetine, 60 mg daily, and subsided when the PHN resolved. This is the first description of tinnitus in PHN.

Tinnitus in postherpetic neuralgia / DE MARINIS, Milena; Santilli, Valter. - In: THE JOURNAL OF HEADACHE AND PAIN. - ISSN 1129-2369. - STAMPA. - 11:1(2010), pp. 83-84. [10.1007/s10194-009-0167-6]

Tinnitus in postherpetic neuralgia

DE MARINIS, Milena;SANTILLI, VALTER
2010

Abstract

We describe a woman who developed postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) located on the skin areas of the left ophthalmic division of the fifth cranial nerve without ocular involvement. PHN was associated with tinnitus, which was located ipsilaterally to the painful side and increased in proportion to the intensity of pain. Tinnitus was responsive to treatment with duloxetine, 60 mg daily, and subsided when the PHN resolved. This is the first description of tinnitus in PHN.
2010
allodynia; herpes zoster; postherpetic neuralgia; tinnitus
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Tinnitus in postherpetic neuralgia / DE MARINIS, Milena; Santilli, Valter. - In: THE JOURNAL OF HEADACHE AND PAIN. - ISSN 1129-2369. - STAMPA. - 11:1(2010), pp. 83-84. [10.1007/s10194-009-0167-6]
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