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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79:573 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.120725
  • Neurological picture

Varicella zoster virus and intracranial dolichoectasia in a late adult cancer survivor

  1. C M Dalton1,
  2. H R Jäger2,
  3. N A Losseff1,
  4. R J Greenwood1
  1. 1
    Acute Stroke and Brain Injury Service, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
  2. 2
    The Lysholm Department of Neuroradiology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
  1. Dr C M Dalton, Acute Stroke and Brain Injury Service, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London WC1N 3BG, UK; catherine.dalton{at}uclh.nhs.uk

    A 50-year-old secretary presented with a 23 year history of forgetfulness and left-sided deafness following chemotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, complicated by disseminated tuberculosis and varicella zoster virus (VZV). MRI revealed carotid and vertebro-basilar dolichoectasia, and multiple small deep infarcts including a left ventral cochlear …

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