Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases
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Research Article

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis following Dengue Virus Infection

Sanjeev Kumar Bhoi¹, Suprava Naik² and Jayantee Kalita¹, Usha Kant Misra^1*

¹Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

²Department of Radio diagnosis, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate medical Sciences, Lucknow, India

*Corresponding Author:

Misra UK
Department of Neurology
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
Raebareily Road, Lucknow - 226014, India
Tel: +91 522 2494167
E-mail: drukmisra@rediffmail.com

Received date: November 14, 2013; Accepted date: January 15, 2014; Published date: January 21, 2014

Citation: Sanjeev Kumar B, Naik S, Jayantee K, Misra UK (2014) Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis following Dengue Virus Infection. J Neuroinfect Dis 5:139. doi: 10.4172/2314-7326.1000139

Copyright: © 2014 Sanjeev Kumar B, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

A 16 year boy was admitted with fever, headache, muscle pain, maculopapular rash and progressive altered sensorium. His serum dengue IgM was positive and was improving on conservative management. The patient developed right hemi paresis after 19 days and his MRI revealed multiple white mater lesions. He was diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) following dengue hemorrhagic fever. ADEM is a rare neurological complication of dengue fever. However, the increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging in endemic areas may help to identify ADEM.

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