Case Report: Zika Virus Meningoencephalitis and Myelitis and Associated Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings

Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017 Aug;97(2):340-343. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0921.

Abstract

Zika virus (ZIKV) has a wide clinical spectrum of associated neurologic disease including microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome but, despite its known neurotropism, ZIKV meningoencephalitis and myelitis have been rare complications. We describe a case of ZIKV meningoencephalitis and probable myelitis and its associated magnetic resonance imaging findings that rapidly resolved during recovery in a previously healthy adult.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / virology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis*
  • Meningoencephalitis / etiology*
  • Myelitis / diagnosis*
  • Myelitis / etiology*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Zika Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Zika Virus Infection / complications*
  • Zika Virus Infection / diagnosis*