Süt Çocuğunda Nadir Bir Durum: Eksantem Subitum Kaynaklı Ensefalit

Yıl 2025, Sayı: 3, 150 - 154, 14.03.2025

Umut Yorulmaz , Osman Yiğitoğlu , Derviş Barın , Saliha Yavuz Eravcı , Hüseyin Çaksen , Abdullah Akkuş

https://doi.org/10.70846/nigdetip.1564248

Öz

Viral ensefalit virüslerin neden olduğu beyin parankimi inflamasyonudur. Human Herpesvirüs -6 (HHV-6)da bu viral enfeksiyon sebeplerinden biri olup bebeklerde ve çocuklarda ateş, döküntü, farenjit ve genellikle hafif sistemik belirtilerle karakterizeyken nadiren ensefalit sebebi olabilmektedir. Sunulan vakada da dirençli nöbetlerle karakterize olan hastadan gerekli tetkikler yapılmış olup HHV-6 ensefaliti tanısı konulmuştur. Dirençli nöbet ile gelen vakalarda eksantem subitum enfeksiyonuna bağlı olabileceği akılda tutulmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

ÇOCUK, KONVULSİYON, ENSEFALİT, EKSANTEM SUBİTUM

A Rare Condition in Infants: Exanthem Subitum-Induced Encephalitis

Öz

Viral encephalitis is inflammation of the brain parenchyma caused by viruses. HHV-6 is one of the causes of this viral infection and is characterized by fever, rash, pharyngitis and generally mild systemic symptoms in infants and children, but it can rarely cause encephalitis. In the present case, a patient with refractory seizures underwent necessary investigations and was diagnosed with HHV-6 encephalitis. In patients presenting with refractory seizures, it should be kept in mind that the seizure may be due to exanthem subitum infection.

Anahtar Kelimeler

CHILD, ENCEPHALITIS, CONVULSION, EXANTHEMA SUBITUM

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