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Published on: November 27, 2014
Cognitive behavioural impairment with irreversible sensorineural deafness as a complication of West Nile encephalitis
Sunil Pradhan1, Sucharita Anand2, Surjyaprakash S Choudhury2
1Department of Neurology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. drspradhan@rediffmail.com.
Abstract:
Despite common clinical features to suggest encephalitis, different viral encephalitides are known to have some specific clinical features, which if present, may suggest infection by a particular virus. West Nile viral (WNV) encephalitis has not been described with any specific diagnostic feature so far. In this context, we describe three patients of West Nile encephalitis (WNE) who had behavioural and cognitive impairment with acute irreversible bilaterally symmetrical sensorineural deafness. Clinical profiles of these cases suggest that the patients who present with prominent behavioural and cognitive changes and have in addition features of bilateral sensorineural deafness may be considered as the possible case of WNE.
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