A Case Report of Ischemic Stroke in an Adult Patient of Dengue Fever with Thrombocytopenia

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2023-01
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Indian Medical Association
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Neurological complications in Dengue patients are extremely rare with 0.5-6% incidence including encephalopathy, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Brachial neuritis, Myelitis, Encephalomyelitis. Stroke as a neurological complication is extremely rare with very few cases reported previously. We present the case of a 69-year-old male with Dengue fever where the patient presented with persistent hiccups was found to have pontine infarct.
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Dengue fever, Neurological complications, Ischemic stroke, Pontine infarct.
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Puri Saurabh, Grover Ashok Kumar, Choudhry Pankaj Nand, Saurabh Shashwat, Datta Satyaki, Pathak Sitla Prasad. A Case Report of Ischemic Stroke in an Adult Patient of Dengue Fever with Thrombocytopenia. Journal of The Indian Medical Association. 2023 Jan; 121(1): 48-49
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