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ArticleQatar medical journal2022

Varicella Zoster meningitis as a mimicker of pseudotumor cerebri in an immunocompetent patient: A case report and literature review.

Yousra Ali, Mhd Baraa Habib, Abeer Safan, Bisher Sawaf, Abdelnaser Elzouki

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Article in Qatar medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yousra AliInternal Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar E-mail: mhabib2@hamad.qa.
Mhd Baraa HabibInternal Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar E-mail: mhabib2@hamad.qa.
Abeer SafanNeurology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Bisher SawafInternal Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar E-mail: mhabib2@hamad.qa.
Abdelnaser ElzoukiInternal Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar E-mail: mhabib2@hamad.qa.
Hamad Medical Corporation · QA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Varicella-zoster (VZ) meningitis is uncommon in patients with immunocompetence and usually presents with typical rash and fever. However, VZ meningitis can rarely present with symptoms of intracranial hypertension without the classic manifestations. Herein, we describe a 17-year-old female teen who presented with intractable headache and vomiting and diagnosed with VZ meningitis. Her symptoms remarkably improved after a lumbar puncture and acyclovir therapy.

Indexed as

Herpes Zoster; Meningitis; Viral; Headache; Intracranial hypertension

Identifiers

PMID36340264
PMCPMC9631001
OpenAlexW4283736766

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