Abstract
Neurological involvement of mumps is commonly restricted to aseptic meningitis. However, rarely mumps is associated with more severe encephalitic illness; other known associations described with mumps are cases of transverse myelitis and Gullain Barre like illness. We report a case of hemiplegia due to mumps parotitis probably caused by involvement of carotid artery.
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Anand, R., Anand, R., Gupta, M. et al. Mumps hemiplegia. Indian J Pediatr 64, 119–120 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02795793
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