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Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report
CHIKV is a relatively new virus and we are still learning about the illness. Very little is known about CNS its involvement and even less about its delayed or long-term manifestations if any. It therefore behoves us to consider delayed CNS involvement when assessing patients with CHIKV infections th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy134 |
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author | Hamilton, Preci L Cruickshank, Garth |
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description | CHIKV is a relatively new virus and we are still learning about the illness. Very little is known about CNS its involvement and even less about its delayed or long-term manifestations if any. It therefore behoves us to consider delayed CNS involvement when assessing patients with CHIKV infections that may not have had an acute neurological manifestation at the time of diagnosis coupled with new onset neurological manifestations and MRI abnormalities. It seems likely that patients with CHIKV may experience delayed CNS manifestation of the viral infection. This report highlights the importance of a travel history when assessing patients with a neurological complaint. The pathway to best manage such cases is with repeated imaging to assess if the signal changes either progress, resolve or more importantly if there is any MRI correlation should changes in neurology develop during the surveillance period. |
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spelling | pubmed-60075732018-06-25 Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report Hamilton, Preci L Cruickshank, Garth J Surg Case Rep Case Report CHIKV is a relatively new virus and we are still learning about the illness. Very little is known about CNS its involvement and even less about its delayed or long-term manifestations if any. It therefore behoves us to consider delayed CNS involvement when assessing patients with CHIKV infections that may not have had an acute neurological manifestation at the time of diagnosis coupled with new onset neurological manifestations and MRI abnormalities. It seems likely that patients with CHIKV may experience delayed CNS manifestation of the viral infection. This report highlights the importance of a travel history when assessing patients with a neurological complaint. The pathway to best manage such cases is with repeated imaging to assess if the signal changes either progress, resolve or more importantly if there is any MRI correlation should changes in neurology develop during the surveillance period. Oxford University Press 2018-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6007573/ /pubmed/29942482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy134 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2018. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Hamilton, Preci L Cruickshank, Garth Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report |
title | Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report |
title_full | Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report |
title_fullStr | Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report |
title_short | Delayed central nervous system manifestation of Chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance T2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report |
title_sort | delayed central nervous system manifestation of chikungunya virus with magnetic resonance t2 weighted imaging high signal changes—a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007573/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942482 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy134 |
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