Zeynep Kamil Med J. 2022; 53(2): 99-101 | DOI: 10.14744/zkmj.2022.00921
Acute cerebellar ataxia in a child: Rotavirus coinfection with SARS-CoV-2
Sevgi Yimenicioğlu1, Ayşen Aksoy Genç2, Ayşe Tekin Yılmaz3, Murat Şahin41Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey
2Department of Pediatrics, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey
3Division of Pediatric Infection, Department of Pediatrics, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey
4Department of Radiology, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir, Turkey
Acute cerebellar ataxia (ACA) is more common in childhood. Stroke, infectious, toxic, immune-mediated, paraneoplastic, structural, and metabolic diseases, and vitamin deficiency are the main diseases causing ACA. There may be neurological symptoms in rotavirus and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The objective of this case report is to highlight ACA which was seen as a coinfection in the course of rotavirus infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) without fulminant course.
Keywords: Acute cerebellar ataxia, rotavirus, SARS-CoV-2.
Corresponding Author: Sevgi Yimenicioğlu, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English