Key result
A 3-month-old boy developed vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis with bilateral substantia nigra involvement on MRI 20 days after his first oral poliovirus vaccine.
Population
1 3-month-old boy with vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAP-PM)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Substantia nigra lesions may occur in VAPP; single case extends MRI phenotype but leaves open generalizability.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report documents bilateral substantia nigra involvement in a child with vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis.
França et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (n=1). Oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) was evaluated on Bilateral substantia nigra involvement on MRI. A 3-month-old boy developed vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis with bilateral substantia nigra involvement on MRI 20 days after his first oral poliovirus vaccine.
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