Reversible Unilateral Abducens Nerve Palsy in a patient with Scrub Typhus - A Clinical Diagnostic Dilemma

Autor:	Rahul Choudhary, Sweta Kushwah, Gaurav Katoch, Garima Sachdeva
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Palsy integumentary system business.industry Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Medicine Diagnostic dilemma Scrub typhus bacterial infections and mycoses business medicine.disease Abducens nerve Surgery
Zdroj:	Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society. 40:278-281
ISSN:	1990-7982 1990-7974
DOI:	10.3126/jnps.v40i3.29468
Popis:	Scrub typhus is an acute febrile rickettsial disease caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi. It infects endothelial cells and causes vasculitis, the predominant clinico-pathological feature of the disease. This results in disseminated inflammatory perivascular lesions leading to damage to the blood vessels affecting multiple end organs. Abducens nerve palsy is a known but extremely rare and reversible complication of scrub typhus. We present a case of scrub typhus with sixth cranial nerve involvement which responded to treatment with doxycycline.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::2fadc65dc5209a15dafdc1d1d9a34887 https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v40i3.29468 Zobrazit plný text záznamu Plný text ve formátu PDF