Acute hemiphegia of childhood associated with Coxsackie A9 viral infection.
A 16-mo-old girl is described with acute hemiplegia associated with virologic and serologic evidence of Coxsackie A9 infection. Possibilities of pathogenesis are discussed. It is suggested that the present hemiplegia may have been the result of a focal vasculitis due to Coxsachie A9 viral infection in the region of the middle cerebral artery.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D013667:Technetium