Pranav Ish¹, Arjun Bhatnagar², Neha Tripathi³ and Himanshu Sharma⁴*

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary, Critical care and Sleep Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
²Senior Resident, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India
³Consultant IVF Specialist, Indira IVF, Rajnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, Tahirpur, New Delhi, India

*Corresponding Author: Himanshu Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, Tahirpur, New Delhi, India.

Received: October 29, 2021; Published: December 10, 2021

Abstract

Dengue fever is a major seasonal health care problem in the tropics and the developing countries like India affecting thousands of patients every year. The common presentations include fever, myalgia, arthralgia and sometimes shock and bleeding manifestations. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) complicating dengue infection is rare even in endemic countries such as India. We report a case of dengue fever presenting as ADEM.

Keywords: Dengue; Mosquito; Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)

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Citation

Citation: Himanshu Sharma., et al. “An Uncommon Presentation of a Common Disease - Dengue Presenting as Hemorrhagic Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 3.1 (2022): 25-27.

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