A 16-year-old girl with bilateral visual loss and left hemiparesis following an immunization against human papilloma virus.
We report the course of a 16-year-old girl who presented with near complete visual loss associated with chiasmal neuritis and a biopsy proven tumefactive demyelinating lesion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in association with a recent immunization against human papilloma virus.
DiMario
Francis J
FJ
Departments of Pediatrics, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut 06106, USA. fdimari@ccmckids.org
Hajjar
Mirna
M
Ciesielski
Thomas
T
D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014611:Vaccination; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
D053918:Papillomavirus Vaccines