title: Childhood stroke following varicella infection.
abstract: Stroke in childhood remains unexplained in a significant proportion of those affected. We present a 4 year-old boy who presented with a stroke following a recent uncomplicated chickenpox infection. Varicella is increasingly recognized as a cause of acute ischaemic events in childhood and a recent history of chickenpox should be sought in children who present with a stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin Dublin 12.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Tiah
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Phelan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McMenamin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis / Q000821:virology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000821:virology*