Acute herpetic encephalitis with atypical radiological presentation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Acute herpetic encephalitis with atypical radiological presentation

Published:2023-03-06 Issue:1 Volume:59 Page:
ISSN:1687-8329
Container-title:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
language:en
Short-container-title:Egypt J Neurol Psychiatry Neurosurg

Author:

Singh Mridula^ORCID,Khandelwal Dinesh,Mathur Vaibhav,Shah Chandani

Abstract

AbstractA 39-year-old male without any preceding medical ailment presented with 12 day history of fever followed by behavioral changes with left sided weakness. He was found to have Herpes Simplex Virus-1 encephalitis (polymerase chain reaction positive) and with Magnetic Resonance Imaging finding of asymmetrical frontotemporoparietal (right side affected more than left side) involvement with patchy enhancement with atypical nodular enhancement and subtle diffusion restriction. Nodular enhancement is rare in acute inflammations and is reported mainly with chronic granulomatous infections.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Neurology (clinical),General Neuroscience,Pshychiatric Mental Health,Surgery

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s41983-023-00618-6.pdf

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