Key result
Severe dengue infection can lead to fatal acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood, presenting with classical clinico-radiologic findings.
Population
A girl who developed acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) secondary to severe dengue infection
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to fatal dengue-associated encephalopathy in children; case report leaves open incidence and causality.
Case Report (n=1)
This case highlights acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood as a rare but fatal complication of severe dengue infection.
Abbas et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) secondary to dengue infection (n=1). Severe dengue infection was evaluated on Clinical outcome. Severe dengue infection can lead to fatal acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood, presenting with classical clinico-radiologic findings.
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