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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2022

Spontaneous spinal intradural hemorrhage in dengue fever: a case report.

Rajeev Mohan Kaushik, Ranjit Kumar, Madhurima Kaushik, Manju Saini, Reshma Kaushik

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Rajeev Mohan KaushikDepartment of General Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, P.O. Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248016, Uttarakhand, India. rmkaushik1@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0217-4269
Ranjit KumarDepartment of Neurosurgery, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Madhurima KaushikDepartment of Ophthalmology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Manju SainiDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Reshma KaushikDepartment of General Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Swami Ram Nagar, P.O. Jolly Grant, Dehradun, 248016, Uttarakhand, India.
Swami Rama Himalayan University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSpontaneous spinal cord hemorrhage is extremely rare in dengue fever. We report a case of spontaneous spinal intradural hemorrhage in dengue fever associated with severe thrombocytopenia. CASE PRESENTATION: A 48-year-old Indian woman presented with fever and body aches followed by acute onset of paraplegia with bladder and bowel dysfunction and loss of sensations below the level of the umbilicus. She had severe thrombocytopenia and positive dengue serology. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine showed compression of the spinal cord due to intradural hematoma at the D7-D8 vertebral level. The patient received symptomatic treatment for dengue fever and steroids. Emergency D7-D8 laminectomy with excision of the clot and dural repair was done after stabilizing the platelet count with multiple platelet transfusions. The constitutional symptoms responded well to the treatment. There was good improvement in sensory symptoms but negligible improvement in paraplegia with a change in muscle power from grade 0/5 to grade 1/5 in the postoperative period. The patient was discharged from the hospital in a stable condition, but paraplegia showed little improvement during follow-up of 1 year.

conclusionsSpontaneous spinal cord hemorrhage can present as acute paraplegia in dengue fever. Failure to recognize this complication can delay initiating appropriate treatment with permanent loss of neurologic function.

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DengueThrombocytopeniaFemaleHematomaHumansMiddle AgedParaplegiaSpineDengueParaplegiaSpinal intradural hemorrhageThrombocytopenia

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