Thalamic pain syndrome due to cytomegalovirus vasculitis in an HIV-positive child

Dejerine-Roussy syndrome, also known as the ‘thalamic pain syndrome’ is a condition in which the body becomes hypersensitive to pain as a result of damage to the thalamus, a part of the brain that affects sensation. Association of this syndrome with HIV is rare with few case reports described in adu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian pediatrics 2010-07, Vol.47 (7), p.621-623
Hauptverfasser:	Zaki, Syed Ahmed, Shenoy, Prithi, Shanbag, Preeti, Sundar, Uma
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Case Report Child Cytomegalovirus - isolation & purification Cytomegalovirus Infections - complications Cytomegalovirus Infections - diagnosis Cytomegalovirus Infections - drug therapy Cytomegalovirus Infections - virology Ganciclovir - therapeutic use Headache - physiopathology Headache - virology HIV Infections - complications Humans Male Maternal and Child Health Medicine Medicine & Public Health Pediatric Surgery Pediatrics Thalamic Diseases - diagnosis Thalamic Diseases - etiology Thalamus - physiopathology Vasculitis - complications Vasculitis - diagnosis Vasculitis - drug therapy Vasculitis - virology
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Zusammenfassung:	Dejerine-Roussy syndrome, also known as the ‘thalamic pain syndrome’ is a condition in which the body becomes hypersensitive to pain as a result of damage to the thalamus, a part of the brain that affects sensation. Association of this syndrome with HIV is rare with few case reports described in adults. We report a 10-year-old male child who was HIV positive and had developed this syndrome due to cytomegalovirus vasculitis.
ISSN:	0019-6061 0974-7559
DOI:	10.1007/s13312-010-0120-4