Post-varicella arterial ischemic stroke in children and neurocognitive performance: a 4-year follow-up study.
Regina Maria RodriguesSylvia Costa Lima FarhatLeandro Tavares LucatoTania Miyuki Shimoda SakanoPaulo Scatulin Gerritsen PlaggertErasmo Barbante CasellaJosé Albino da PazCláudio SchvartsmanPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2022)
We reinforced the non-progressive course of post-varicella arterial ischemic stroke after 4-year follow-up. The presence of varicella-zoster-virus-DNA detected by polymerase chain reaction, and/or intrathecal IgG antibody against varicella zoster virus, and angiopathy location in magnetic resonance angiography were not determining for the diagnosis. Invasive tests, with low sensitivity, should be well considered in the diagnosis of post-varicella arterial ischemic stroke.