An unusual neurologic presentation of pediatric neuroinvasive West Nile virus infection: ophthalmoplegia

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Ayca S., AKKOÇ G., Ozdemir H., Duru H. N. S.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.63, sa.5, ss.909-912, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 63 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.24953/turkjped.2021.05.019
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.909-912
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: West Nile Virus, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, children, MANIFESTATIONS
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background. West Nile virus (WNV) is an uncommon arbovirus infection and is usually asymptomatic in pediatric patients and due to its rarity is not very well known by clinicians. Case. We present a 5-year-old girl admitted to the Pediatric Emergency Service with fever, vomiting, neck stiffness, walking difficulty and sudden deviation of eyes who was diagnosed with a neuroinvasive WNV infection. Conclusions. Ophthalmoplegia is an unusual presentation of neuroinvasive WNV and there are no published pediatric cases with ophthalmoplegia in the literature.