Virus infection of the Gasserian ganglion and its nerve branches characterized by pain and vesicular eruptions with much swelling. Ocular involvement is usually heralded by a vesicle on the tip of the nose. This area is innervated by the nasociliary nerve.
Entry Term(s)
Herpes Zoster, Ocular
NLM Classification #
WW 160
Public MeSH Note
90; was HERPES ZOSTER, OCULAR 1963-89
Online Note
use HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS to search HERPES ZOSTER, OCULAR 1966-89
Virus infection of the Gasserian ganglion and its nerve branches characterized by pain and vesicular eruptions with much swelling. Ocular involvement is usually heralded by a vesicle on the tip of the nose. This area is innervated by the nasociliary nerve.
