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Varicella Related Stroke in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Systemic Sclerosis Overlap

1Rheumatology -King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Saudi Arabia

2College of medicine, Rheumatology section, King Saud University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2016, Vol. 4 No. 9, 321-323
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-4-9-8
Copyright © 2016 Science and Education Publishing

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Fahidah Alenzi, Abdulrahman Al Arfaj. Varicella Related Stroke in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Systemic Sclerosis Overlap. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2016; 4(9):321-323. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-4-9-8.

Correspondence to: Fahidah  Alenzi, Rheumatology -King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Saudi Arabia. Email: dr.al-enzi@hotmail.com

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis reduce the body ability to fight infections. Although varicella zoster virus (VZV) infections arecommon in these diseases due to poor cellular immunity, VZV-related strokes arerare. When stroke does occur, it may be due to direct infection of the cerebral arteries, leading to a spectrum of both inflammatory and non-inflammatory pathological changes, including thrombosis. This case report is the first from the Middle East to describe a patient who developed stroke associated with herpes zoster ophthalmicus.

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