Varicella zoster infection of the brainstem followed by Brown-Séquard syndrome.
Mathews
Marlon S
MS
Department of Neurosurgery, SUNY Buffalo, 3 Gates Circle, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA. mmathews@buffns.com
Sorkin
Grant C
GC
Brant-Zawadzki
Michael
M
D000368:Aged; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D018437:Brown-Sequard Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000821:virology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020804:Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D006563:Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus / Q000150:complications; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology