title: Acute hemiplegia associated with herpes zoster infection in children: report of one case.
abstract: Herpes zoster infection has been rarely reported to cause angiitis of the central nervous system in children. We describe a 4-year, 8-month-old female with acute hemiplegia and central facial palsy 6 weeks after she had had zoster ophthalmicus. The findings of magnetic resonance angiography, the clinical picture, and a preceding history of herpes zoster ophthalmicus suggested zoster vasculitis. Herpes zoster vasculitis is thus another consideration when examining a child with acute hemiplegia and a recent herpes zoster infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics; National Taiwan University Hospital;, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000821:virology; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020293:Vasculitis, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology