Rare case of acute dengue encephalitis with correlated MRI findings

Rare case of acute dengue encephalitis with correlated MRI findings

Summary Dengue encephalitis is extremely rare, with most patients showing no significant abnormality on neuroimaging (CT/MRI). We report one of the very few documented cases of dengue encephalitis, with abnormal signal intensities on all major sequences on brain MRI.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology 2014-12, Vol.58 (6), p.679-682
Hauptverfasser: Mathew, Rishi Philip, Basti, Ram Shenoy, Hegde, Pavan, Devdas, Jaidev M, Khan, Habeeb Ullah, Bukelo, Mario Joseph
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute Disease
Brain - pathology
Child
dengue
Dengue - pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
encephalitis
Encephalitis, Viral - pathology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
MRI
Rare Diseases - pathology
Statistics as Topic
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Dengue encephalitis is extremely rare, with most patients showing no significant abnormality on neuroimaging (CT/MRI). We report one of the very few documented cases of dengue encephalitis, with abnormal signal intensities on all major sequences on brain MRI.
ISSN:1754-9477
1754-9485
DOI:10.1111/1754-9485.12182