title: Painful cervical lymphadenopathy: An unusual presentation of chikungunya.
abstract: Chikungunya is an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquito that represents a major public health burden worldwide including India. The disease presents as sudden onset of high-grade fever, severe arthralgias, and rash. Here, we describe a case of a patient who presented with cervical lymphadenopathy, fever, and myalgia and later was diagnosed as chikungunya. Lymphadenopathy has been described before as a less common symptom of chikungunya. But this is probably, the first case of chikungunya with cervical lymphadenopathy as a presenting feature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Mukundraj S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Keny
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Sunita B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Desa
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Goa Medical College, Bambolim, Goa, India.
authors.forename: Edwin J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Gomes
keywords: Arthralgia; cervical lymphadenopathy; chikungunya