Congenital varicella syndrome in a neonate

Authors

  • Nirmala Cherukuri
  • Swapna Lingaldinna
  • Sadiqua Anjum
  • Himabindu Singh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCH.2019.v06.i03.012

Keywords:

Congenital varicella syndrome, hypoplastic limb, neonate

Abstract

Congenital varicella syndrome is an extremely rare disorder occurring in <2% of the babies born to women infected with varicella between 7 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. The characteristic symptoms consist of skin lesions in a dermatomal distribution, neurological defects, eye diseases, and skeletal anomalies. We present a case of a newborn male baby who was shifted to neonatal intensive care unit.

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Published

2019-03-27

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2019): March

Section

Case Reports

License

Copyright (c) 2019 Nirmala Cherukuri, Swapna Lingaldinna, Sadiqua Anjum, Himabindu Singh

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Cherukuri, N., Lingaldinna, S., Anjum, S., & Singh, H. (2019). Congenital varicella syndrome in a neonate. Indian Journal of Child Health, 6(3), 142-143. https://doi.org/10.32677/IJCH.2019.v06.i03.012