학술논문
Acute flaccid myelitis caused by enterovirus D68 unmasking primary intracranial tumour in a previously healthy child.
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Article
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Subject
*MYELITIS
*TUMORS
*BELL'S palsy
*SYMPTOMS
*RESPIRATORY infections
*BRAIN tumors
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ISSN
1034-4810
Abstract
The association between acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) and enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) - What is the evidence for causation? Cases of brain tumours have been reported in patients presenting with encephalitis and the potential role of viruses in brain tumour initiation and oncomodulation is an evolving field,14 although the two pathologies were probably coincidental in this case. Typing of the parechovirus in the Public Health England reference laboratory in Colindale confirmed a human parechovirus type 5, but also revealed enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) using EV-D68 specific PCR. [Extracted from the article]