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case_images: Right occipital herpes zoster seen at the outpatient clinic after discharge. The rash was crusted and distributed along the greater occipital nerve not crossing the midline.
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case_images: The patient had a painless rash on the right side of the occipital region (figure 1).
case_images: Gram staining of cerebrospinal fluid after centrifugation. Mononuclear leucocytes (arrow) were dominant. Polymorphonuclear leucocytes (triangle) were rare.
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case_images: Gram staining of centrifuged CSF revealed primarily mononuclear leucocytes, but no bacteria were detected (figure 2).