title: [Central nervous system involvement in patients with hepatitis C infection].
abstract: Central nervous system involvement in patients with hepatitis C infection have been rarely reported. Stroke and encephalopathic syndromes have been frequently attributed to the ischemia or hemorrhage associated with mixed cryoglobulinemia and anticardiolipin antibodies. We describe the case of a 31-year-old woman with cerebral ischemia who had hepatitis C infection confirmed by polymerase change reaction detection of HCV RNA but who was negative for cryoglobulinemia. Cerebral involvement may be the initial manifestation of hepatitis C infection.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, EPS Fattouma Bourguiba de Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Younes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chebel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boukhris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frih-Ayed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
vernacular_title: Virus de l'hépatite C et atteinte neurologique centrale: à propos d'une observation.