An Adult Case of Acute EBV Cerebellitis

Muscat, Katya and Galea, Ruth and Vella, Malcolm (2017) An Adult Case of Acute EBV Cerebellitis. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 4 (1). ISSN 2284-2594

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Abstract

Acute neurological manifestations of infectious mononucleosis are uncommon and have been predominantly reported in the paediatric population. We report a case of acute Epstein-Barr virus cerebellitis in an adult in whom spontaneous resolution of symptoms and signs occurred after 2 weeks of supportive treatment. An infective cause for an acute cerebellar syndrome in an adult must always be considered in the differential diagnosis when appropriate.

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Subjects:	600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User:	Chiara D'Arpa
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2017 17:32
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2017 17:32
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16042

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