Atypical varicella-zoster virus reactivation: a case report

Atypical varicella-zoster virus reactivation: a case report

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Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) commonly causes benign skin manifestations in children; it then establishes a latent infection and may reactivate, causing herpes zoster.The most common zoster complication is postherpetic neuralgia, but complications can also occur without a rash.VZV infection may cause neurological manifestations and even vasculopathy may occur, in both primary and reactivated VZV infection.Thrombotic complications are Program Potentiometer mainly described in children, while a few case reports have described cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), deep-vein thrombosis of the lower limbs and pulmonary embolism in adults.

In this article we report the case of a young woman who developed systemic thromboembolic sequelae due to a hypercoagulable state following VZV reactivation.She had deep venous lower-limb thrombosis extended to the inferior vena cava (IVC), Bone Support Formulas massive pulmonary embolism and CVST.Moreover, VZV reactivation caused an acute hepatitis and clinical manifestations suggesting viral encephalitis.