Neurological Complication s of Chickenpox : Case Series Report and Literature
Chickenpox, as a self-limited disease, can result with a large spectrum of complications. Neurological complications are very rare, and among them acute cerebellar ataxia is the most frequent one. Also, varicella-zoster virus has been reported as the second infectious agent of acute encephalitis. We present neurological complications of chickenpox in a five year period of hospitalisation in the Infectious Diseases Clinic, Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Among 181 hospitalised patients, nine of them had neurological complications. Acute cerebellitis was the most frequent diagnosis. All patients were treated with acyclovir, and the outcome was a major success.