Going viral: Fusiform vertebrobasilar and internal carotid aneurysms with varicella angiitis and common variable immunodeficiency - Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 528-531

  Daugherty, Wilson P ^a   Clarke, Michelle J ^a   Cloft, Harry J ^a   Lanzino, Giuseppe L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiitis; Cerebral aneurysm; Common variable immunodeficiency; Stroke; Varicella

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; VALACICLOVIR; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; VALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ANEURYSM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; RADIOGRAPHY; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ASPIRIN; BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VALINE; VASCULITIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 73349112277     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.7.PEDS09107     Document Type: Article

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