title: Varicella zoster infection of the brainstem followed by Brown-Séquard syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, SUNY Buffalo, 3 Gates Circle, Buffalo, NY 14209, USA. mmathews@buffns.com
authors.forename: Marlon S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.forename: Grant C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Sorkin
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brant-Zawadzki
mesh_terms: 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