POSTVARICELLA BASAL GANGLIA INFARCTION IN CHILDREN

Two patients presented with acute neurologic deficits attributable to contralateral basal ganglia infarction 1 to 3 months after episodes of chickenpox. Both presented with hemiparesis with one patient also dem onstrating ipsilateral choreoathetosis. In both patients MR revealed u nilateral basal ganglia infarction. Cerebral angiography findings in o ne patient were normal; in the second, there was unilateral narrowing of the common carotid artery and of proximal branches of the anterior and middle cerebral artery.