Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Acute Pulmonary Embolism following Varicella Infection

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Acute Pulmonary Embolism following Varicella Infection

Varicella infection is caused by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and commonly presents as a self-limiting skin manifestation in children. VZV also causes cerebral arterial vasculopathy and antibody-mediated hypercoagulable states leading to thrombotic complications in children, although there are very...

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Main Authors: Rashid Khan, Yasmeen Ajaz, Anoop Kumar Pandey, Khalid AlSaffar, Sunil Roy Thottuvelil Narayanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2019-09-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
venous thrombosis
pulmonary embolism
varicella infection
protein s deficiency
hypercoagulable state
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1171

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