Congenital varicella syndrome/vericella zoster virus (VZV) fetopathy.
An 18 hour old female newborn born to a 3rd gravida HIV -ve mother, presented with a large erythematous patch of skin on right forehead and hazy right eye since birth. There was history of Chicken pox in mother during fourteenth week of pregnancy.
Harish
Rekha
R
Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Jammu, J & K State, India.
Jamwal
Ashu
A
Dang
Ketan
K
D000212:Acyclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000151:congenital* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000212:Acyclovir