Magnetic Resonance Imaging in an Unusual Presentation of Herpes Encephalitis

Areta Kowal-Vern; J. Patel; P. Krieger; Eugene Schnitzler; J. Zvolanek; A. J. Epstein

doi:10.1055/s-2008-1052401

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Neuropediatrics 1988; 19(1): 49-51
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1052401

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in an Unusual Presentation of Herpes Encephalitis

Areta Kowal-Vern¹ , J. Patel² , P. Krieger³ , Eugene Schnitzler³ , J. Zvolanek³ , A. J. Epstein⁴

¹Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA
²Department of Pediatrics, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
³College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
⁴Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Skokie Valley Magnetic Resonance Imaging Centre, Skokie Valley Hospital, Skokie, Illinois, USA

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19 March 2008 (online)

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Abstract

We report a patient with herpes simplex virus encephalitis who presented with left hemiparesis and progressed to aphasia and generalized spasticity. Computerized axial brain tomography with and without infusion of contrast medium was normal, as were the cerebrospinal fluid findings. However, magnetic resonance imaging scan and brain biopsy, were diagnostic of herpes simplex encephalitis.

Key words

Herpes simplex - Encephalitis - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)