Rapid development of 9 cerebral aneurysms in varicella-zoster virus vasculopathy. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A patient with zoster in multiple dermatomes, severe headache, and normal magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and 4-vessel digital subtraction angiogram (DSA) developed 9 anterior circulation aneurysms 2 months later. Antiviral treatment resulted in clinical improvement, size reduction of most aneurysms, and complete resolution of the 2 largest aneurysms.

publication date

  • May 14, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster
  • Herpesvirus 3, Human
  • Intracranial Aneurysm

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4118499

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84902362770

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000503

PubMed ID

  • 24827494

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 82

issue

  • 23