Unilateral occlusion of the middle cerebral artery after varicella-zoster virus infection.
We report a 4-year-old child who developed hemiplegia 6 months after varicella-zoster virus (VZV) infection. Cerebral angiography showed complete occlusion of the right middle cerebral artery with basal moyamoya vessels. Elevation of anti-VZV antibody in the cerebrospinal fluid indicated central nervous system involvement. The association between VZV cerebral angitis and unilateral occlusion of right middle cerebral artery is discussed.
Ueno
Makoto
M
Division of Child Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-machi, Yonago 683-8504, Japan. mueno@grape.med.tottori-u.ac.jp
Oka
Akira
A
Koeda
Tatsuya
T
Okamoto
Riina
R
Takeshita
Kenzo
K
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000821:virology; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography