Bilateral oedema of the basal ganglia in an echovirus type 21 infection: complete clinical and radiological normalization.
A 4-year-old girl with bilateral striatal oedema in association with an echovirus type 21 infection is reported. In the course of a prolonged upper respiratory-tract infection, the patient developed muscular hypotonia, resting tremor, ataxia, sleepiness, hyperaesthesia, and indistinct speech. T2-weighted cranial MRI revealed bilateral oedema of the basal ganglia and the cerebellar peduncles. At follow-up after 3 months MRI changes and clinical symptoms had fully resolved.
Freund
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Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Münster, Germany.
Zass
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Kurlemann
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Schuierer
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Ullrich
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D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004457:Echovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications