Hepatitis E-related meningoradiculitis

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute clinical hepatitis in the world and can cause extrahepatic disease including the nervous system. This is a case report of two patients illustrating this disorder. One patient was a 69-year-old man with painless affection of both brachial plexuses, and the other patient was a 61-year-old man with painful right brachial plexus affection, headache and cognitive problems. Both had pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid and tested positive for HEV immunoglobulin (Ig) G and IgM in blood, and the first also in blood with PCR analysis. No other infectious agents were identified. Symptoms improved over months.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:183

Enthalten in:

Ugeskrift for laeger - 183(2021), 29 vom: 19. Juli

Sprache:

Dänisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wenstrup, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]
Stenør, Christian [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Hepatitis Antibodies
Immunoglobulin M
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.08.2021

Date Revised 12.08.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329003151