Dengue encephalitis featuring "double-doughnut" sign - A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Dengue is a common febrile illness caused by Dengue virus and spread by Aedes mosquitoes. The neurological complications like encephalopathy or encephalitis or immune-mediated neurological syndromes are uncommon though. Discrete neuroimaging findings in this setting are even rarer. We report a case of dengue encephalitis with uncommon MRI features in a young female.

Case presentation

The patient presented with complains of fever, vomiting, weakness in all limbs and difficulty in speech. Neurological examination revealed bilateral horizontal gaze palsy with impaired oculo-cephalic reflex, bulbar dysarthria and quadriplegia with bilateral planters up-going. Laboratory reported anemia, thrombocytopenia and positive NS1 antigen while excluding other tropical

SUBMITTER: Pandeya A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9207141 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature