All issues > Volume 25(5); 1982

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(5):528-532. Published online May 31, 1982.

Two Cases of Postvaricella Reye Syndrome.

Won A Park¹, Sang Keun Chi¹, In Ho Kim¹, Churl Young Chung¹

¹Dept. of Pediatrics, In Je Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Authors observed two cases of Reye syndrome in 7 and 8 year old male patients who had begun to vomit after chickenpox. The interval between the onset of varicella rash and encephalopathy of Reye syndrome was 4 days in both these cases. The initial laboratory findings revealed increased serum transaminase and blood ammonia levels which returned to normal on 18 th and 11 th days, respectively, of hospital care. A brief review of literatures was presented.

Keywords :Reye syndrome;Varicella