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Chikungunya infection presenting as mild encephalitis with a reversible lesion in the splenium: a case report

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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… Click to show full 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.

Keywords: lesion splenium; encephalitis reversible; mild encephalitis; reversible lesion; presenting mild; chikungunya

Journal Title: Journal of NeuroVirology
Year Published: 2017

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