Congenital varicella syndrome
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Infection
- Vol. 14 (4) , 177-180
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01645259
Abstract
The authors are reporting a typical case of congenital varicella syndrome following maternal varicella during the 17th week of pregnancy. At birth, the newborn showed necrotic bullae on the skin that healed later with characteristic scars. Other typical anomalies, i.e. hypoplastic limbs with muscular atrophy and clubfoot, intrauterine atrophy, dysphagia and anisocoria were also found. In view of the risk of serious malformations following intrauterine varicella infection attempts should be made to prevent varicella zoster virus infection during pregnancy. Die Verfasser beschreiben einen typischen Fall von kongenitalem Varizella-Syndrom. Die mütterliche Varizella-Infektion trat in der 17. Schwangerschaftswoche auf. Bei Geburt waren auf der Haut des Neugeborenen nekrotische Blasen zu sehen, die später mit charakteristischen Narben heilten. Andere typische Anomalien, wie hypoplastische Extremitäten mit muskulärer Atrophie und Klumpfüßen, intrauteriner Atrophie, Dysphagie und Anisokorie wurden ebenfalls beobachtet. Wegen des Risikos schwerer Mißbildungen durch intrauterine Varizella-Infektion ist die Prävention der Varizella-Zoster-Virus-Infektion während der Schwangerschaft anzustreben.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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