Vascular Complications of Varicella: Description of 4 Cases and a Review of Literature

Yentl Driesen; Marjoke Verweij; Marianne De Maeseneer; Jozef De Dooy; Marek Wojciechowski; Machiel Van Den Akker

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000000855

Vascular Complications of Varicella: Description of 4 Cases and a Review of Literature

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Nov;34(11):1256-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000855.

Authors

Yentl Driesen¹, Marjoke Verweij, Marianne De Maeseneer, Jozef De Dooy, Marek Wojciechowski, Machiel Van Den Akker

Affiliation

¹ From the *Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; †Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; ‡Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium; §Pediatric Intensive Care, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; and ¶Pediatric Hematology, ZNA Queen Paola Children's Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.

PMID: 26226447
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000855

Abstract

Stroke and deep venous thrombosis are rare complications of varicella zoster infection. We report 3 cases of children with a stroke and 1 case of a boy with a deep venous thrombosis after recent chicken pox.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Chickenpox / complications*
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Thrombosis* / diagnosis
Thrombosis* / etiology
Thrombosis* / physiopathology