Congenital varicella syndrome in a monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy

Abstract

Congenital varicella syndrome encompasses a broad spectrum of malformations present in children of mothers who developed chickenpox during the first 20 weeks of gestation. We report a case of a monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy, with maternal exposure to chickenpox during the thirteenth week of gestation, which produced one symptomatic and one healthy child.

Keywords

• Chickenpox
• congenital varicella syndrome
• diamniotic
• herpes zoster virus
• monochorionic