Footnotes

• Contributors The following authors were directly involved in the patient’s care: RG, ND, The following authors were not directly involved in the patient’s care and they contributed to the manuscript: PR and NS. The following author is the clinician in charge of the clinical care of the patient, who supervised the preparation of the manuscript, was responsible for obtaining informed consent from the patient/guardian/family members and is responsible for the overall integrity of the content of the manuscript: RG and ND.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Case reports provide a valuable learning resource for the scientific community and can indicate areas of interest for future research. They should not be used in isolation to guide treatment choices or public health policy.

• Competing interests None declared.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.