title: Thalamic pain syndrome due to cytomegalovirus vasculitis in an HIV-positive child.
abstract: Dejerine-Roussy syndrome, also known as the thalamic pain syndrome is a condition in which the body becomes hypersensitive to pain as a result of damage to the thalamus, a part of the brain that affects sensation. Association of this syndrome with HIV is rare with few case reports described in adults. We report a 10 year old male child who was HIV positive and had developed this syndrome due to cytomegalovirus vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, India. drzakisyed@gmail.com
authors.forename: Syed Ahmed
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Zaki
authors.forename: Prithi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shanbag
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Sundar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D015774:Ganciclovir / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D015774:Ganciclovir