Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Encephalitis associated with inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion due to chikungunya infection in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil

  • Norma Lucena-Silva,
  • Maria Elisa Lucena Sales de Melo Assunção,
  • Frederico Antônio Pereira Ramos,
  • Fernanda Azevedo,
  • Ronaldo Lessa Junior,
  • Marli Tenório Cordeiro,
  • Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0434-2016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 50, no. 3
pp. 417 – 422

Abstract

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Abstract The symptoms of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection include fever, headache, muscle aches, skin rash, and polyarthralgia, characterized by intense pain, edema, and temporary functional impairment. This is the first report of encephalitis caused by CHIKV infection associated with an atypical presentation of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion, evolving to cognitive impairment and apraxia of speech.

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