title: [Fatal varicella-zoster encephalitis; a rare complication of herpes zoster].
abstract: In a 82-year-old woman varicella zoster encephalitis was diagnosed, a rare complication of shingles. The case was remarkable for its rapid and fatal course in a patient without an underlying disease. At autopsy, the histological picture of an acute haemorrhagic encephalitis was seen, also a rare finding.
authors.affiliation: Pathologisch Laboratorium voor Dordrecht en Omstreken.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Westenend
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Hoppenbrouwers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Fatale varicella-zosterencefalitis; een zeldzame complicatie van herpes zoster.