Dengue Fever Presenting With Acute Cerebellitis : A Case Report
Abstract
The incidence of dengue fever is on the rise in tropical countries. It has become a endemic in many places in India. The mortality is gradually increasing with varied clinical manifestations. Classical dengue fever presents as a febrile illness with an uneventful recovery. A proportion of patients develop potentially life-threatening dengue haemorrhagic fever, which is associated with plasma leakage and shock [2]. Acute liver failure, acute kidney injury, and multi-organ failure are known complications [2]. However, many unusual manifestations have been reported with dengue, and there are many reports of neurological manifestations. With the increasing numbers of rare manifestations of dengue are occasionally encountered. With early diagnosis and treatment we can prevent the mortality. We report a patient with acute febrile illness who presented with bilateral cerebellar signs as the presenting feature of dengue with neurological manifestation of cerebellitis.
Keywords: dengue fever ,cerebellar signs, neurological complicationsFull Text:
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