Document detail
ID
oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:1039...
Topic
Case ReportAuthor
Sharma, Shweta Prakash, Prithivi R. Narayan, Ananthu Garg, Ajay Wig, NaveetLangue
enEditor
Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
Category
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Year
2023
listing date
10/2/2023
Keywords
infection aca acute ataxiaAbstract
Acute cerebellar ataxia (ACA) is a self-limited syndrome that is frequently post-infectious, most commonly following Varicella infection having an autoimmune mechanism.
ACA is the commonest cause of childhood ataxia.
We report a 14-year-old male who presented with acute onset wide-based gait and slurring of speech with dysdiadochokinesia, incoordination of voluntary movements, pendular knee jerk, and intentional tremors.
He had worsening transaminitis and rising bilirubin during his hospital course and was subsequently found to be hepatitis A virus (HAV) immunoglobulin-M antibody positive.
Thus, we report a case of ACA with HAV infection who developed jaundice after three weeks of onset of ataxia, a rarity that has not been reported so far in medical literature.
Sharma, Shweta,Prakash, Prithivi R.,Narayan, Ananthu,Garg, Ajay,Wig, Naveet, 2023, Acute Cerebellar Ataxia: A Rare Association of Hepatitis a Infection, Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
