Post-mumps acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an adolescent

Mumps is an acute communicable self-limiting swelling of the parotid or other salivary glands. Various organs can be involved including the testes, central nervous system, mammary glands, ovary, pancreas, kidneys, and heart. We hereby present a rare case of an 18-year-old unvaccinated male with acut...

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Autores principales: Rehani, Varun, Mahto, Subodh Kumar, Sheoran, Ankita, Singh, Akanksha, Verma, Pooja, Kaushik, Kulsaurabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31463290
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_437_19
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Sumario:Mumps is an acute communicable self-limiting swelling of the parotid or other salivary glands. Various organs can be involved including the testes, central nervous system, mammary glands, ovary, pancreas, kidneys, and heart. We hereby present a rare case of an 18-year-old unvaccinated male with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following mumps without parotitis.

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