Dengue infection presenting as acute hypokalemic quadriparesis

• DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.138824
• Publication Date: 2014-08-14T13:42:13Z
• Authors: N Gupta; A Garg; P Chhabra
• Keywords: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Acute Transverse Myelitis

Dengue infection is one of the most common viral hemorrhagic fevers seen in tropical countries, including India. Its presentation varies from an acute self-resolving febrile illness to life-threatening shock and multiorgan dysfunction leading death. Neurological presentations are uncommon limited case reports only. Most neurological manifestations being encephalitis, inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, transverse myelitis, disseminated encephalomyelitis. Hypokalemic quadriparesis as a presenting feature dengue extremely rare. Here, we report this 33-year-old female, who presented with hypokalemic was subsequently diagnosed infection.