Neurological Complications of Chickenpox: Case Series Report and Literature Review

Sa？etak Chickenpox, as a self-limited disease, can result with a large spectrum of complications. Neurological complications are very rare, and among them acute cerebellar ataxia is the most frequent one. Also, varicella-zoster virus has been reported as the second infectious agent of acute encephalitis. We present neurological complications of chickenpox in a five year period of hospitalisation in the Infectious Diseases Clinic, Clinical Centre at the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Among 181 hospitalised patients, nine had neurological complications. Acute cerebellitis was the most frequent diagnosis. All patients were treated with acyclovir, and the outcome was a major success