Given the potential for rapid progression and significant morbidity, clinicians should maintain a high index of suspicion for OAS in patients with HZO who present with neurological symptoms such as ophthalmoplegia, ptosis, and sensory loss.
Keywords: frozen eye; herpes zoster ophthalmicus; orbital apex syndrome; prognosis.
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