Post-Infectious Acute Cerebellar Ataxia Treatment, a Case Report and Review of Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

infectious mononucleosis is very common during childhood and neurological manifestations are extremely rare. However, when they occur, an appropriate treatment must be undertaken to reduce morbidity and mortality as well as to ensure appropriate management.

Methods

we describe the clinical and neurological records of a female patient with post-EBV acute cerebellar ataxia, whose symptoms rapidly resolved with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. Afterwards, we compared our results with published data.

Results

we reported the case of an adolescent female with a 5-day history of sudden asthenia, vomiting, dizziness, and dehydration, with a positive monospot test and hypertransaminasemia. In the following days, she developed acute ataxia, drowsiness, vertigo, an

SUBMITTER: Del Giudice E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10136810 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature