• Internal medicine · Jun 2021

    Case Reports

    Acute Stroke Caused by Progressive Intracranial Artery Stenosis due to Varicella Zoster Virus Vasculopathy After Chemotherapy for Malignant Lymphoma.

    • Mikito Saito, Hiroyuki Kawano, Tatsuo Amano, and Teruyuki Hirano.
    • Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2021 Jun 1; 60 (11): 1769-1773.

    AbstractDecreased cell-mediated immunity can reactivate Varicella zoster virus (VZV), which can lead to various neurological complications, including vasculopathy. We herein report the case of a patient with acute stroke with progressive internal carotid artery stenosis due to VZV vasculopathy after chemotherapy for malignant lymphoma. Treatment for VZV vasculopathy improved the stenosis and prevented recurrent stroke. VZV vasculopathy is an important treatable cause of stroke in immunosuppressed patients.

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