Spinal nerves exit the spine in pairs ... shingles typically causes a rash to form on the trunk, along one of the thoracic dermatomes. The rash may be preceded by pain, itching, or tingling ...

The thoracic dermatomes travel downward from where their nerves emerge from the spinal column and wrap around the torso. The first nine form relatively straight lines down the chest, while the ...

A dermatome is an area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve. There are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, forming nerve roots that branch from your spinal cord, but only 30 dermatomes. Your spinal ...

This is because each spinal nerve root—one on each side ... Shingles under the breast is not uncommon. In fact, the thoracic dermatome, comprised of 12 vertebrae (T1-T12), is the most common ...

He had analgesia and hypoesthesia below the T4 dermatome level ... MR imaging revealed the localized compression of the thoracic spinal cord at T2–T3 level (Figure 1). Axial MR imaging showed ...