Author/Authors :
Gehlawat, Virender KUMAR Department of Pediatrics - Pt B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences - Rohtak - Haryana, India , Kaushik, Jaya SHANKAR Department of Pediatrics - Pt B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences - Rohtak - Haryana, India , Mehta, Poonam Department of Pediatrics - Pt B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences - Rohtak - Haryana, India , Gathwala, Geeta Department of Pediatrics - Pt B D Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences - Rohtak - Haryana, India , Dubey, Rachana Department of Pediatrics - Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College - Indore - Madhya Pradesh, India
Abstract :
Varicella infection in children is a common self-limited illness with
neurological complications in less than 0.1% of cases. Longitudinally
extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is uncommon in children
following infection with varicella-zoster virus. We describe a case
of 13-yr immunocompetent girl with LETM following varicella
infection showing a dramatic clinical response to a combination of
acyclovir and pulse steroids.
