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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Magagnini, Maria Cristina
• Spina, Luisa La
• Gioé, Daniela
• Campo, G Del
• Belfiore, G
• Smilari, P
• Greco, Filippo

Titel

A case of postvaricella cerebral angiopathy with a good outcome in a child

Ist Teil von

• Journal of pediatric neurosciences, 2015-04, Vol.10 (2), p.156-158

Ort / Verlag

India: Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2015

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Cerebral vasculopathy is a serious but uncommon complication of varicella-zoster-virus (VZV) infection. Diagnosis is based on a recent history of VZV infection, signs and symptoms of transient ischemic attack or stroke, and vascular anomalies on neuroimaging. We report a case of postvaricella cerebral angiopathy in a 5-year-old child, who was admitted after three episodes of transient right hemiplegia, each one lasting a few minutes. He had contracted chicken pox, the month prior to admission. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed hyperintense signals in the left lenticular and caudate nuclei, which can be considered to be a result of vasculopathy.