Acute hydrocephalus caused by mumps meningoencephalitis.
Hydrocephalus is a rare complication of mumps. We report an 8.5-year-old boy with acute hydrocephalus associated with mumps meningoencephalitis.
Alp
Handan
H
Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Yakutiye Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Erzurum, Turkey. handanalp@yahoo.com
Tan
Hüseyin
H
Orbak
Zerrin
Z
Keskin
Halil
H
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D009109:Mumps virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*