CHILDHOOD AIDS, VARICELLA-ZOSTER, AND CEREBRAL VASCULOPATHY

Stroke as a complication of varicella tester central nervous system in fection is reported in both adults and children.(1,2) In addition, one prior report of pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-a ssociated varicella tester resulted in stroke and death.(3) We report a second child with AIDS-associated varicella tester who developed a s ubacute and progressive vasculopathy resulting in death. The diagnosis was confirmed with neuroimaging including proton magnetic resonance s pectroscopy (MRS), magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), and varicella DNA polymerase chain reaction in the cerebrospinal fluid.