title: Congenital varicella syndrome with genitourinary anomalies.
abstract: A female child, born at term to a mother who contracted varicella in early pregnancy, presented with multiple congenital defects. These included mental retardation, numerous skeletal anomalies, and absent uterus and vagina. Urologic anomalies included bilateral chronic pyelonephritis secondary to vesicoureteric reflux. This pattern of congenital abnormalities has not been reported previously.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000151:congenital*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000209:etiology; D014599:Uterus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014621:Vagina / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications