%0 Journal Article
%T Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis Following Dengue Virus Infection: A Rare Entity
%A Ajay Punj
%A Archana Dubey
%A Sonal Saran
%A Sunil Malik
%J Archive of "Annals of African Medicine".
%D 2018
%R 10.4103/aam.aam_30_17
%X Association of dengue fever with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in pediatric age group is a rare entity. We describe a case of 15 year old adolescent male who presented with dengue fever and in whom symptoms of transverse myelitis developed 4 weeks after fever (post-infectious stage). Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis involving dorso-lumbar cord. Patient recovered almost completely with minimal residual neurological deficit after a six weeks course of corticosteroids and supportive management including physiotherapy
%K Dengue fever
%K longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis
%K neurotropic virus
%K La fi¨¨vre de la dengue
%K la my¨¦lite transversale longitudinalement ¨¦tendue
%K le virus neurotroptique
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875125/