Lateral Medullary Syndrome Following Varicella Infection
| Autor: | Roy D. Strand, Stephen O. Kovacs, Karl C. K. Kuban |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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Lateral medullary syndrome
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Chickenpox medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Cerebral infarction Magnetic resonance imaging medicine.disease Hemiparesis Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Medulla oblongata medicine.symptom business Medulla Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 147:823 |
| ISSN: | 1072-4710 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160320025013 |
| Popis: | Sir .—Central nervous system complications of varicella infection have been well documented and involve a spectrum of diseases that includes cerebral and cerebellar encephalitis, encephalomyelitis, polyneuritis, brain purpura, hemorrhagic necrotizing leukoencephalitis, Reye's syndrome, and cerebral infarction. 1-3 These consequences of primary varicella infection are rare, and only six cases of delayed hemiparesis in healthy patients have been reported in the English literature. 4-6 We report the acute onset of lateral medullary syndrome (Wallenberg's syndrome) in a 6-year-old boy 32 days after a primary varicella infection. Although Wallenberg's syndrome is the most common brain-stem complica Left, Magnetic resonance imaging, approximately 5 weeks after the varicella infection. Axial T 2 -weighted image (TR 2000, TE 80, 5-mm slice thickness) at the level of the medulla oblongata. The high T 2 signal in the lateral one third of the medulla is readily identified (arrow). Right, Magnetic resonance imaging, 7 months after the presentation |
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