title: Severe hydrocephalus associated with congenital varicella syndrome.
abstract: Congenital varicella syndrome refers to the spectrum of fetal anomalies associated with maternal varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection during the first trimester of pregnancy. The syndrome is rare and the risk to the fetus uncertain. We describe an unusual case of congenital varicella syndrome in which hydrocephalus was the main consequence and likely represented VZV reactivation in utero.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Patologia Neonatale, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Genova, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mazzella
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arioni
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bellini
authors.forename: Anna Elsa Maria
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Allegri
authors.forename: Cesarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Savioli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serra
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male