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Dengue Cerebellitis in An Adult Male - A Case Report & Literature Review

Apostol Kathrine Bernadette and Roxas, Artemio

Objectives: Purely cerebellar syndromes complicating dengue fever in adult patients with risk factors for stroke are rare and to date
has not yet been reported in Philippine literature. Our literature review identified only 5 other similar cases. This report aims to educate
physicians of this rare neurologic complication of dengue that presented as a stroke but has a relatively benign course.
Case: This is a case of an adult hypertensive and dyslipidemic male with an active dengue fever. On the fourth day of illness, he
suddenly presented with cerebellar symptoms. Neuroimaging done was negative and patient was treated accordingly. All of his symptoms
resolved spontaneously within 2 weeks.
Discussion: In multiple case reports, patients with dengue cerebellitis all recover spontaneously without per-manent neurological
sequelae within 2 days to 2 weeks.
This was consistent with the presentation and course of our patient’s illness.
Conclusion: As far as we know, this is the first reported pure cerebellar neurologic complication of dengue in our country. Physicians
should be made aware of such complications as dengue is epidemic in our