Childhood stroke following varicella infection.
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.
Tiah
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Department of Neurology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin Dublin 12.
Phelan
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McMenamin
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Webb
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D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D010291:Paresis / Q000821:virology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000821:virology*