Acute cerebellitis due to varicella

Key words: Varicella, Neurological complication, Cerebellitis, Ataxia

Acute cerebellitis is the most common neurological complication of varicella and is usually characterised by a benign course and spontaneous resolution within a few days. The paper reports a case in which the ataxia presented a more lasting course than the usual one and complicated by alteration of the vigilance, a clinical picture that might be confused with other neurological complications of varicella in differential diagnosis.