Acute cerebellar ataxia due to Sjögren syndrome
- 22 June 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 62 (12) , 2332-2333
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000130347.69790.e8
Abstract
A girl aged 16 years developed a headache; evaluation at a local emergency department with head CT revealed sinusitis, and she was treated with antibiotics. A few days later, she developed leg numbness, dysarthria, and ataxia. An MRI at another hospital demonstrated “cerebellar inflammation,” and a lumbar puncture revealed a protein of 110 and leukocyte count of 210 with a lymphocytic pleocytosis. Treatment with cefotaxime and acyclovir was stopped after CSF cultures, herpes simplex virus PCR, and blood cultures were negative. After discharge, her primary doctor …Keywords
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