Hemorrhagic encephalopathy in dengue shock syndrome: a case report.
Dengue fever is the most important arboviral infection in the world, with an estimated 100 million cases per year and 2.5 billion people at risk. Encephalopathy is a rare complication of dengue virus infection and may occur as a consequence of intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral edema, hyponatremia, cerebral anoxia, fulminant hepatic failure with portosystemic encephalopathy, microcapillary hemorrhage or release of toxic products. We report a rare case of hemorrhagic encephalopathy in dengue shock syndrome caused by type 3 dengue virus.
de Souza
Luiz José
LJ
Dengue Reference Center, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ. sbm.rol@terra.com.br
Martins
André Luiz de Oliveira
AL
Paravidini
Paulo César Leitão
PC
Nogueira
Rita Maria Ribeiro
RM
Gicovate Neto
Carlos
C
Bastos
Diogo Assed
DA
Siqueira
Edno Wallace da Silva
EW
Carneiro
Rodrigo da Costa
Rda C
D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019595:Severe Dengue / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed