Cerebellitis as an atypical manifestation of scrub typhus
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Cerebellitis as an atypical manifestation of scrub typhus.
A 21-year-old-man presented in a semiconscious state with 2 days’ inability to walk and 5 days’ history of fever (102.2°F) and rash. Examination revealed severe ataxia, slurred speech, and a scrotal scar (figure 1). Head CT and CSF studies were normal. Brain MRI revealed diffuse cerebellar cortical hyperintensity on T2 and fluidattenuated inversion recovery images (figure 2, A and B), with rest...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000002717