Severe hydrocephalus associated with congenital varicella syndrome.
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.
Mazzella
Massimo
M
Servizio di Patologia Neonatale, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Università di Genova, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Italy.
Arioni
Cesare
C
Bellini
Carlo
C
Allegri
Anna Elsa Maria
AE
Savioli
Cesarina
C
Serra
Giovanni
G
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