title: Chikungunya infection presenting as mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion in the splenium: a case report.
abstract: Chikungunya fever is an Aedes mosquito-transmitted infection caused by chikungunya virus, an RNA virus in the family Togaviridae. The disease is characteristically manifested as fever, arthralgia, and/or rash. Various neurological manifestations like meningoencephalitis, myelitis, and myeloneuropathy have been mentioned in various reports. We present a rare case of chikungunya fever presenting with mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion of the splenium (MERS), which showed complete clinical and radiological recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India. kadamnagpal@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kadam
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagpal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Puneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rajashekhar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reddi
mesh_terms: D065632:Chikungunya Fever / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral
keywords: Chikungunya; Encephalitis; Reversible splenial lesion