Parsonage-Turner syndrome following chikungunya virus infection: A case report
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
;
(12): 239-243, 2019.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
Rationale Parsonage-Turner syndrome is a rare syndrome of unknown etiology, affecting mainly the lower motor neurons of the brachial plexus. Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease characterized by acute fever and polyarthritis/polyarthralgia. Patient concerns A 54-year-old Brazilian male patient who presented with a 2-day history of fever (temperature 38.8 °C), arthralgia, erythematous rash, diffuse osteomuscular pain and headache, which evolved into left shoulder pain associated with morning stiffness. Diagnosis Parsonage-Turner syndrome and chikungunya fever. Interventions:
Symptomatic treatment (a combination of short-acting dypirone (500 mg every 6 h) and slow-release opioids (tramadol 100 mg every 4 h) and physiotherapy/rehabilitation with improvement.Outcomes:
The patient was improved and discharged, remaining with symptomatic treatment and physiotherapy/rehabilitation. Lessons To the best of our knowledge, there were no reports of Parsonage-Turner syndrome following chikungunya virus infection. Awareness of the possibility of this rare association is important. The present case report highlights the importance of awareness of this association as a new cause of morbidity in patients with chikungunya virus infection.
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Chinese
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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
Year:
2019
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