Author/Authors :
Mozzani, Flavio Department of Medicine - Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy , Giuliana Marino, Noemi Department of Medicine - Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy , Becciolini, Andrea Department of Medicine - Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy , Di Donato, Eleonora Department of Medicine - Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy , Ariani, Alarico Department of Medicine - Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy , Santilli, Daniele Department of Medicine - Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit - Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
Abstract :
Parvovirus B19 (PVB19) is a small DNA virus that causes the fifth disease in children; however it can also affect adults. The infection can be asymptomatic in about a quarter of healthy subjects. Typical clini-cal manifestations are: short lived fever accompanied by asthenia, myalgias and pharyngodynia; symmetrical acute polyarthritis; megalo-erytema in child; maculopapular rash and/or fleeting purpuric at the extremities in adult; adenopathies in the cervical area. Atypical manifestions can affect neurological system (both central and peripheral), hearth and kidney. We describe a 37-year-old man with neuralgic amyotrophy (Parsonage-Turner syndrome) caused by Parvovirus B19 infection. (www. actabiomedica.it)
