title: Chickenpox with delayed contralateral hemiparesis caused by cerebral angiitis.
abstract: Chickenpox and herpes zoster ophthalmicus are caused by the same virus. Herpes zoster ophthalmicus can be followed by contralateral hemiparesis, which is thought to be caused by spread of varicella-zoster virus to blood vessels contiguous to the trigeminal nerve and its branches. We report what we believe to be the first case of a patient with chickenpox followed by hemiparesis in whom there was angiographic evidence of an associated vasculitis similar to that found with herpes zoster ophthalmicus.
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*