Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Following Varicella Infection.

1 male was brought to the hospital with severe headache, vomiting and seizures. The illness started with profuse rash predominantly on the trunk, limbs and also on the face two weeks back. The lesions were centripetal and were diagnosed to be chicken pox. The lesions were in crusting stage when the patient developed neurological complaints. His symptoms started with sudden onset of headache which was associated with vomiting followed by seizures. Past history was not significant. When the patient came to the emergency room, he was conscious and appeared confused. Skin lesions were in the form of pigmentation and scarring following varicella infection (Figure 1).