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Acute leukoencephalopathy with restricted diffusion following mumps infection in a pediatric patient: A case report

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Mumps is a self-limiting viral infection that commonly affects the young children. It leads to many complications, primarily affecting the brain, pancreas, and gonads. Neurological complications may be infectious or non-infectious (e.g., para-infectious and post-infectious). Infection-triggered encephalopathy syndromes (ITES), a para-infectious phenomenon, are defined as an acute onset of fever that rapidly progressed to encephalopathy without any evidence of encephalitis, caused by cytokine storm. Acute leukoencephalopathy with restricted diffusion (ALERD) is a specific clinico-radiological phenotype of ITES. We are presenting a case of mumps complicated by ALERD.

Source: Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

DOI: 10.25259/jnrp_212_2025

Authors: Pawan Kumar Ghanghoriya, Pankaj Kumar Behera, Jayas Jagan

Institution: Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College

Language: English

Topic: Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $125