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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 60
| Issue : 3 | Page : 327-328 |
Dengue infection presenting as acute hypokalemic quadriparesis
N Gupta1, A Garg1, P Chhabra2
1 Department of Medicine, PG Student University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi University, Delhi, India
2 Department of Internal Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. N Gupta
Department of Medicine, PG Student University College of Medical Sciences, Dilshad Garden, Delhi University, Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.138824
Dengue infection is one of the most common viral hemorrhagic fevers seen in the tropical countries, including India. Its presentation varies from an acute self-resolving febrile illness to life-threatening hemorrhagic shock and multiorgan dysfunction leading to death. Neurological presentations are uncommon and limited to case reports only. Most common neurological manifestations being encephalitis, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, transverse myelitis, and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.Hypokalemic quadriparesis as a presenting feature of dengue is extremely rare. Here, we report this case of a 33-year-old female, who presented with hypokalemic quadriparesis and was subsequently diagnosed as dengue infection.
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