West Nile virus presenting as flaccid paralysis: Case report and literature review

We present a serologically proven case of WNV encephalitis in a young, pregnant woman with cranial and spinal MRI findings who was seen for asymmetric, flaccid paralysis of her extremities. Cranial MRI findings were nonspecific, as reported in reviews of West Nile virus encephalitis. Her spinal MRI...

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Autores principales: DeQuesada, Ivan, Saindane, Amit
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Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4899671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27326299
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v7i3.705
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description We present a serologically proven case of WNV encephalitis in a young, pregnant woman with cranial and spinal MRI findings who was seen for asymmetric, flaccid paralysis of her extremities. Cranial MRI findings were nonspecific, as reported in reviews of West Nile virus encephalitis. Her spinal MRI displayed enhancement of the cauda equina described infrequently in the literature. Knowledge of the variable MRI appearance is important for the recognition and diagnosis of this disease.
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spelling pubmed-48996712016-06-20 West Nile virus presenting as flaccid paralysis: Case report and literature review DeQuesada, Ivan Saindane, Amit Radiol Case Rep Article We present a serologically proven case of WNV encephalitis in a young, pregnant woman with cranial and spinal MRI findings who was seen for asymmetric, flaccid paralysis of her extremities. Cranial MRI findings were nonspecific, as reported in reviews of West Nile virus encephalitis. Her spinal MRI displayed enhancement of the cauda equina described infrequently in the literature. Knowledge of the variable MRI appearance is important for the recognition and diagnosis of this disease. Elsevier 2015-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4899671/ /pubmed/27326299 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v7i3.705 Text en © 2012 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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