Neurologic complications of influenza

Snehal Shah; Anthony Keil; Kieren Gara; Lakshmi Nagarajan

doi:10.1177/0883073813499610

Neurologic complications of influenza

J Child Neurol. 2014 Sep;29(9):NP49-53. doi: 10.1177/0883073813499610. Epub 2013 Sep 26.

Authors

Snehal Shah¹, Anthony Keil¹, Kieren Gara¹, Lakshmi Nagarajan²

Affiliations

¹ Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia.
² Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Australia [email protected].

PMID: 24072018
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813499610

Abstract

We report on a child with mild encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) associated with influenza infection and present a case series of neurological complications associated with influenza infections in children who presented to a tertiary children's hospital in Australia over a period of one year.

Keywords: influenza; neurologic complications; splenial lesion.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain / pathology
Brain Diseases / etiology*
Brain Diseases / pathology
Brain Diseases / physiopathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Influenza, Human / complications*
Influenza, Human / pathology
Influenza, Human / physiopathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Retrospective Studies