Post-vaccinal hemi-convulsion hemiplegia syndrome
Pladys, P.; Roussey, M.; Dabadie, A.; Betremieux, P.; Lefrançois, C.
Annales de Pediatrie 38(9): 602-604
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-2097 PMID: 1750741 Document Number: 371494
An 18-month-old infant developed hemiseizure-hemiplegia syndrome following a booster dose of vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and poliomyelitis. Clinical, CT scan, and electroencephalographic findings during the two-and-a-half-year follow-up are described. The timing of events and data from the literature suggest that hemiseizure-hemiplegia syndrome is related to post-immunization hyperthermia rather than to direct neurologic toxicity of the vaccine.