Case Report
Volume: 1 | Issue: 1 | Published: May 24, 2017 | Pages: 36 - 39 | DOI: 10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report
Authors: Garan Riley , Christopher D Rittey , Daniel JA Connolly , Santosh R Mordekar
Article Info
Authors
Garan Riley
Department of Neurology, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Christopher D Rittey
Department of General Radiology, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE. UK.
Daniel JA Connolly
Department of Neuroradiology, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Santosh R Mordekar
Department of General Radiology, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital of North Tees, Hardwick Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8PE. UK
Publication History
Received: May 24, 2017
Accepted: January 01, 1970
Published: May 24, 2017
Abstract
Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common childhood respiratory pathogen, with many reported extrapulmonary manifestations. Neurological involvement was once believed to be temporary or reversible. Case presentation: We report a case of watershed stroke in a young child, occurring as an unexpected complication of severe RSV bronchiolitis. Unexpectedly, brain diffusion-weighted MRI proved that seizures in our patient were a consequence of more significant peripheral perfusion failure and stroke. Conclusion: It is important to distinguish the reversible effects of RSV from those alternative pathological sequelae necessitating changes in clinical management and re-prognostication
Keywords: Infarction, seizure, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, case report, green
Pubmed Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar. Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report. EJMCR. 2017; 24 (May 2017): 36-39. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
Web Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar. Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report. https://ejmcr.com/articles/1547 [Access: December 25, 2024]. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
AMA (American Medical Association) Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar. Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report. EJMCR. 2017; 24 (May 2017): 36-39. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
Vancouver/ICMJE Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar. Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report. EJMCR. (2017), [cited December 25, 2024]; 24 (May 2017): 36-39. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
Harvard Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar (2017) Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report. EJMCR, 24 (May 2017): 36-39. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
Chicago Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar. "Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report." 24 (2017), 36-39. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar. "Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report." 24.May 2017 (2017), 36-39. Print. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9
APA (American Psychological Association) Style
Garan Riley, Christopher D Rittey, Daniel JA Connolly, Santosh R Mordekar (2017) Watershed stroke - an unexpected complication of respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis: a case report. , 24 (May 2017), 36-39. doi:10.24911/ejmcr/1/9