Acute flaccid myelitis caused by enterovirus D68 unmasking primary intracranial tumour in a previously healthy child

J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Oct;57(10):1713-1716. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15374. Epub 2021 Feb 12.

Authors

Wajanat Jan¹, Brynmor Jones¹, Noor Ul Owase Jeelani², Thomas S Jacques³, Hermione Lyall⁴, Paul Randell⁵, Leena Mewasingh⁶, Elizabeth Whittaker⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
² Neurosurgery Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.
³ Developmental Biology and Cancer Department, University College London, London, UK.
⁴ Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁵ Virology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
⁶ Paediatric Neurology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 33577116
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.15374

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Neoplasms*
Central Nervous System Viral Diseases*
Child
Enterovirus D, Human*
Humans
Myelitis* / diagnosis
Neuromuscular Diseases

Supplementary concepts

acute flaccid myelitis