Acute necrotizing encephalopathy in an adult as a complication of H1N1 infection

Author:

Abdelrahman Heba S1ORCID,Safwat Ahmed M2,Alsagheir Mahmoud M3

Affiliation:

1. Radiology department, Faculty of medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

2. Neurology department, Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

3. Anesthesia and intensive care department, Faculty of medicine, AL-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Acute necrotizing encephalitis is one of the recognized influenza-associated encephalopathies which has a characteristic multifocal symmetric involvement of the thalami bilaterally with only very few cases were reported in adults. We present a case of a young adult female who was presented with post-H1N1 Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy with full neurological recovery after proper clinicoradiological diagnosis and rapid treatment with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.

Publisher

British Institute of Radiology

Subject

Pharmacology (medical),Complementary and alternative medicine,Pharmaceutical Science

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