Open AccessMRI features in dengue encephalitis: A case series in South Indian tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
Brijesh Kumar Soni,
Debasheesh S R Das,
Richard A. George,
Rohit Aggarwal,
Rajeev Sivasankar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of radiology and imaging - new series/indian journal of radiology and imaging/indian journal of radiology and imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0971-3026
pISSN - 0970-2016
DOI - 10.4103/ijri.ijri_322_16
Subject(s) - medicine , dengue fever , encephalitis , series (stratigraphy) , tertiary care , pediatrics , radiology , virology , family medicine , paleontology , virus , biology
Dengue virus, a RNA virus of family Flaviviradae is considered non-neurotropic. Increasing studies and case reports reveal neurological manifestations of dengue virus. In our case series, we have evaluated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of 3 patients with dengue fever diagnosed by positive dengue NS1 antigen with neurological symptoms, which revealed nonspecific imaging features of dengue encephalitis in two cases and dengue meningoencephalitis in one case. Autopsy findings are also correlated in 2 patients who succumbed to their disease. This case series underlines the consideration of dengue encephalitis in patients of dengue fever with neurological symptoms and relevant imaging findings.