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| Year : 2020 | Volume
: 15
| Issue : 2 | Page : 150-152 |
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following primary varicella infection in a child
Leema P Cornelius, Vivekasaravanan Raju, Asir J Paulraj
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr, Leema P Cornelius
Department of Paediatric Neurology, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_136_19
Varicella infection commonly called chicken pox is a benign self-limiting infection in children. Neurological complications following varicella infection are rare. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following varicella infection is very rare. Herewith we report a child who developed transverse and sigmoid sinus thrombosis following chicken pox.
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