Concurrent maxillary herpes zoster, meningitis, focal cerebral arteriopathy, and ischemic stroke: A case report

Mao Liu; Jing Zhang; Mimi Wen; Min Zhang

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3278

Concurrent maxillary herpes zoster, meningitis, focal cerebral arteriopathy, and ischemic stroke: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Sep 1;8(12):2803-2808. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3278. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Mao Liu¹, Jing Zhang², Mimi Wen¹, Min Zhang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.
² Department of Radiology Tongji Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.

Abstract

Secondary headache, fever, and upper motor neuron signs following facial herpes zoster during childhood should alert clinicians to the possibility of central nervous system complications of varicella-zoster virus infection.

Keywords: arteriopathy; case report; childhood stroke; meningitis; varicella‐zoster virus.

Publication types

Case Reports