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Ann Rehabil Med. 2013 Apr;37(2):286-90. doi: 10.5535/arm.2013.37.2.286. Epub 2013 Apr 30.
Novel Influenza A (H1N1)-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy: A Case Report.
Kim KJ, Park ES, Chang HJ, Suh M, Rha DW.
Source
Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
Several cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) with influenza A (H1N1) have been reported to date. The prognosis of ANE associated with H1N1 is variable; some cases resulted in severe neurologic complication, whereas other cases were fatal. Reports mostly focused on the diagnosis of ANE with H1N1 infection, rather than functional recovery. We report a case of ANE with H1N1 infection in a 4-year-old Korean girl who rapidly developed fever, seizure, and altered mentality, as well as had neurologic sequelae of ataxia, intentional tremor, strabismus, and dysarthria. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed lesions in the bilateral thalami, pons, and left basal ganglia. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ANE caused by H1N1 infection and its long-term functional recovery in Korea.
KEYWORDS:
H1N1 subtype influenza A virus, Humans influenza, Viral encephalitis
PMID:
23705127
[PubMed - in process]
PMCID:
PMC3660493
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705127
Novel Influenza A (H1N1)-Associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy: A Case Report.
Kim KJ, Park ES, Chang HJ, Suh M, Rha DW.
Source
Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
Several cases of acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) with influenza A (H1N1) have been reported to date. The prognosis of ANE associated with H1N1 is variable; some cases resulted in severe neurologic complication, whereas other cases were fatal. Reports mostly focused on the diagnosis of ANE with H1N1 infection, rather than functional recovery. We report a case of ANE with H1N1 infection in a 4-year-old Korean girl who rapidly developed fever, seizure, and altered mentality, as well as had neurologic sequelae of ataxia, intentional tremor, strabismus, and dysarthria. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed lesions in the bilateral thalami, pons, and left basal ganglia. To our knowledge, this is the first report of ANE caused by H1N1 infection and its long-term functional recovery in Korea.
KEYWORDS:
H1N1 subtype influenza A virus, Humans influenza, Viral encephalitis
PMID:
23705127
[PubMed - in process]
PMCID:
PMC3660493
Free full text
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705127