Cerebral Vasculopathy Associated With Primary Varicella Infection

Primarily chronic and cerebrovascular course of Lyme neuroborreliosis: case reports and literature review

“…7 As our patient had suffered from chicken pox six months previously, and an increased antibody index for varicella zoster was found, differential diagnosis included post-varicella cerebral vasculitis 2324 However, the described latency period before developing neurological symptoms after chicken pox ranges from 11 days to 12 weeks after the primary illness,23 24 whereas in our patient it would have been six months. Moreover, the pattern of lesions in our patient, with the involvement of basal ganglia, internal capsule, and thalamus, is compatible with previously reported vascular incidents in neuroborreliosis 17…”

Primarily chronic and cerebrovascular course of Lyme neuroborreliosis: case reports and literature review

“…7 As our patient had suffered from chicken pox six months previously, and an increased antibody index for varicella zoster was found, differential diagnosis included post-varicella cerebral vasculitis 2324 However, the described latency period before developing neurological symptoms after chicken pox ranges from 11 days to 12 weeks after the primary illness,23 24 whereas in our patient it would have been six months. Moreover, the pattern of lesions in our patient, with the involvement of basal ganglia, internal capsule, and thalamus, is compatible with previously reported vascular incidents in neuroborreliosis 17…”

Serial magnetic resonance angiography in cerebral infarction after varicella infection

“…The time of onset of cerebral infarction after the varicella infection was 1–3 months later (mean, 8.9 weeks; range, 1 week–9 months; 95% confidential interval (CI), 6.4–11.4 weeks). Three patients had recurrences at 8 18 and 9 months 7,9 after the varicella infection. Twenty‐two among the 32 reported patients underwent arteriography or MR angiography.…”

“…Thirty‐two patients with clinical pictures of varicella and subsequent cerebral infarction have been reported 1,2,6–18 . Two cases of cerebral infarction prior to the eruption of the typical rush of varicella, 19,20 one with Moyamoya disease 15 and one with encephalo‐pathy and shock 15 were excluded.…”

Evidence of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in children with arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the VIPS II Study

“…In the pre-vaccination era, multiple reports described a post-varicella arteriopathy (i.e., FCA) in previously healthy children with AIS following wild-type primary VZV infection (chickenpox). 8,26,27 Rare autopsy studies revealed VZV particles and a lymphocytic infiltration in the arterial wall consistent with a focal angiitis. 28,29 These reports and an epidemiologic study from Canada indicated a delayed period of increased stroke risk occurring weeks to months after chicken pox.…”

Primarily chronic and cerebrovascular course of Lyme neuroborreliosis: case reports and literature review

“…7 As our patient had suffered from chicken pox six months previously, and an increased antibody index for varicella zoster was found, differential diagnosis included post-varicella cerebral vasculitis 2324 However, the described latency period before developing neurological symptoms after chicken pox ranges from 11 days to 12 weeks after the primary illness,23 24 whereas in our patient it would have been six months. Moreover, the pattern of lesions in our patient, with the involvement of basal ganglia, internal capsule, and thalamus, is compatible with previously reported vascular incidents in neuroborreliosis 17…”

Serial magnetic resonance angiography in cerebral infarction after varicella infection

“…The time of onset of cerebral infarction after the varicella infection was 1–3 months later (mean, 8.9 weeks; range, 1 week–9 months; 95% confidential interval (CI), 6.4–11.4 weeks). Three patients had recurrences at 8 18 and 9 months 7,9 after the varicella infection. Twenty‐two among the 32 reported patients underwent arteriography or MR angiography.…”

“…Thirty‐two patients with clinical pictures of varicella and subsequent cerebral infarction have been reported 1,2,6–18 . Two cases of cerebral infarction prior to the eruption of the typical rush of varicella, 19,20 one with Moyamoya disease 15 and one with encephalo‐pathy and shock 15 were excluded.…”

Evidence of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in children with arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the VIPS II Study

“…In the pre-vaccination era, multiple reports described a post-varicella arteriopathy (i.e., FCA) in previously healthy children with AIS following wild-type primary VZV infection (chickenpox). 8,26,27 Rare autopsy studies revealed VZV particles and a lymphocytic infiltration in the arterial wall consistent with a focal angiitis. 28,29 These reports and an epidemiologic study from Canada indicated a delayed period of increased stroke risk occurring weeks to months after chicken pox.…”

Primarily chronic and cerebrovascular course of Lyme neuroborreliosis: case reports and literature review

“…7 As our patient had suffered from chicken pox six months previously, and an increased antibody index for varicella zoster was found, differential diagnosis included post-varicella cerebral vasculitis 2324 However, the described latency period before developing neurological symptoms after chicken pox ranges from 11 days to 12 weeks after the primary illness,23 24 whereas in our patient it would have been six months. Moreover, the pattern of lesions in our patient, with the involvement of basal ganglia, internal capsule, and thalamus, is compatible with previously reported vascular incidents in neuroborreliosis 17…”

Serial magnetic resonance angiography in cerebral infarction after varicella infection

“…The time of onset of cerebral infarction after the varicella infection was 1–3 months later (mean, 8.9 weeks; range, 1 week–9 months; 95% confidential interval (CI), 6.4–11.4 weeks). Three patients had recurrences at 8 18 and 9 months 7,9 after the varicella infection. Twenty‐two among the 32 reported patients underwent arteriography or MR angiography.…”

“…Thirty‐two patients with clinical pictures of varicella and subsequent cerebral infarction have been reported 1,2,6–18 . Two cases of cerebral infarction prior to the eruption of the typical rush of varicella, 19,20 one with Moyamoya disease 15 and one with encephalo‐pathy and shock 15 were excluded.…”

Evidence of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in children with arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the VIPS II Study

“…In the pre-vaccination era, multiple reports described a post-varicella arteriopathy (i.e., FCA) in previously healthy children with AIS following wild-type primary VZV infection (chickenpox). 8,26,27 Rare autopsy studies revealed VZV particles and a lymphocytic infiltration in the arterial wall consistent with a focal angiitis. 28,29 These reports and an epidemiologic study from Canada indicated a delayed period of increased stroke risk occurring weeks to months after chicken pox.…”