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Neurological manifestations of Varicella zoster infection: A case series

Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Introduction: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) causes infection of the central nervous system, which manifests as various neurological syndromes. In this case series, we discuss three different clinical presentations of VZV reactivation (herpes zoster).
Azhar Rylands, Shakeel Hoosain
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Acute peripheral facial paralysis following varicella infection: An uncommon complication

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Chickenpox is caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV/HHV-3), which is one of the eight human herpes viruses. Although chickenpox has a good prognosis, neurologic complications including encephalitis, acute cerebellar ataxia, myelitis and meningitis may ...
Damla Hanalioğlu, Yasemin Özsürekci, Ayşe Büyükçam, Ayşe Gültekingil-Keser, Özlem Tekşam, Mehmet Ceyhan   +5 more
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Hemorrhagic stroke and cerebral venous thrombosis: rare neurological sequelae of chickenpox infection

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2018
Chickenpox (varicella) is primarily a disease of childhood which occurs due to infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Primary VZV infection is rare in adults due to exposure in early childhood in our country.
Anuradha Mehta, Aanchal Arora, Manoj Sharma, Rupali Malik, Yogesh Chandra Porwal   +4 more
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Non-malignant CSF lymphocytosis in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

IDCases, 2018
Patients with haematological malignancy are often profoundly immune suppressed, and more so if they require more than one line of therapy. Infection should always be considered when they become unwell. We discuss the differential diagnoses of a young man
Thomas Lofaro, Aritra Saha, Kavita Raj, Richard Dillon   +3 more
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Acute hemorrhagic encephalitis by varicella-zoster virus in a patient with SLE

Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, 2003
症例は31歳の女性. 20年来SLE,ループス腎炎にてステロイド治療を受けていた.臀部痛,仙骨部皮疹の出現後約2週間して頭痛,発熱,意識障害をきたし緊急入院.頭部MRIで脳底部を中心とした出血を伴う異常信号域を認め,髄液VZV-DNAPCR陽性より帯状庖疹ヘルペスによる脳炎と診断した.帯状庖疹は高率に髄膜炎を伴うが,免疫不全宿主では脳炎への進展など重症化することがあり注意を要する.
Sekiguchi, Kenji, Oishi, Kenichi, Hamaguchi, Hirotoshi, Maeda, Nobuya, Nishimoto, Keisuke, Ishihara, Hiroyuki, Kanda, Fumio, Chihara, Kazuo   +7 more
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Lingual Dyskinesia as the Presenting Feature of Acquired Demyelinating Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Differential Diagnoses

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 62, Issue 6, Page 1060-1065, June 2026.
Briana Davis, Ahmed Kaki, Eppie M. Yiu, Emma Macdonald‐Laurs   +3 more
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Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis resembling herpes simplex virus encephalitis [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2021
Atsuhiko Shindo, Genko Oyama, Noriko Nishikawa, Nobutaka Hattori   +3 more
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CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CYTOKINES SERUM LEVELS IN CHILDREN WITH CHICKEN POX

Инфекция и иммунитет, 2015
The serum levels of cytokines IL-1β, IL-8, IL-6, IFNα, IFNγ, IL-4, IL-10 were tested in ELISA in 74 children with different courses of chicken pox. Moderate severity course of chicken pox was accompanied by significant increase of IL-1β, IL-8, IFNα, IFNγ,
G. F. Zheleznikova, Y. V. Lobzin, N. V. Skripchenko, G. P. Ivanova, E. Y. Skripchenko, N. E. Monakhova   +5 more
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Refractory reactivated VZV encephalitis with vasculopathy secondary to rituximab

Clinical Infection in Practice
We report a case of a 54 year old Sudanese lady admitted with dizziness, visual disturbance and collapse with nystagmus, ataxia, bilateral ptosis, and 3rd cranial nerve palsy on examination. CT and MRI scan of her head showed multiple areas of infarct. A
Nisha A. George, Melissa Haines, Vincent Lam, Julian Tang   +3 more
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Cerebral Hemorrhage in Varicella-Zoster Virus Encephalitis: A Case Study

American Journal of Case Reports
BACKGROUND Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) encephalitis is a commonly reported form of encephalitis that clinically manifests as skin lesions, fever, headache, and neuropsychiatric symptoms. We present a case of a patient with VZV encephalitis complicated by cerebral hemorrhagic transformation, characterized by high levels of inflammation and protein in ...
Li, Jingwen, Lin, Yan, Ni, Liping, Mei, Yufang, Zhou, Yan, Jiang, Xianguo, Wan, Wenbin   +6 more
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