Brainstem Lesions in Herpes Encephalitis
Herpes simplex encephalitis typically involves the medial temporal and inferior frontal lobes; brainstem lesions are very unusual. We present a 42-year-old woman admitted with delirium and diagnosed as herpes simplex encephalitis. The patient had gadolinium-enhancing inferior frontal and pontine les...
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Galenos Yayinevi
2010-12-01
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| author | Gülçin Benbir Baki Göksan Naci Koçer |
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| description | Herpes simplex encephalitis typically involves the medial temporal and inferior frontal lobes; brainstem lesions are very unusual. We present a 42-year-old woman admitted with delirium and diagnosed as herpes simplex encephalitis. The patient had gadolinium-enhancing inferior frontal and pontine lesions on magnetic resonance imagings. The patient was successfully treated without any neurologic sequelae, though contrast-enhancement was still present. This case report emphasizes that herpes simplex encephalitis should be investigated in the differential diagnosis of brainstem lesions. Moreover, contrast-enhancement may persist for some months even after clinical improvement |
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| spelling | doaj.art-451e8acabeee428db73d9fc759e0b6962023-02-15T16:19:23ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Nöroloji Dergisi1301-062X1309-25452010-12-01164211214Brainstem Lesions in Herpes EncephalitisGülçin Benbir0Baki Göksan1Naci Koçer2Cerrahpasa Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Neurology, Istanbul, TurkeyCerrahpasa Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Neurology, Istanbul, TurkeyCerrahpasa Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Radiology, Istanbul, TurkeyHerpes simplex encephalitis typically involves the medial temporal and inferior frontal lobes; brainstem lesions are very unusual. We present a 42-year-old woman admitted with delirium and diagnosed as herpes simplex encephalitis. The patient had gadolinium-enhancing inferior frontal and pontine lesions on magnetic resonance imagings. The patient was successfully treated without any neurologic sequelae, though contrast-enhancement was still present. This case report emphasizes that herpes simplex encephalitis should be investigated in the differential diagnosis of brainstem lesions. Moreover, contrast-enhancement may persist for some months even after clinical improvementhttp://www.tjn.org.tr/jvi.aspx?pdir=tjn&plng=eng&un=TJN-38278Encephalitisherpes simplexbrain stem |
| spellingShingle | Gülçin Benbir Baki Göksan Naci Koçer Brainstem Lesions in Herpes Encephalitis Türk Nöroloji Dergisi Encephalitis herpes simplex brain stem |
| title | Brainstem Lesions in Herpes Encephalitis |
| title_full | Brainstem Lesions in Herpes Encephalitis |
| title_fullStr | Brainstem Lesions in Herpes Encephalitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brainstem Lesions in Herpes Encephalitis |
| title_short | Brainstem Lesions in Herpes Encephalitis |
| title_sort | brainstem lesions in herpes encephalitis |
| topic | Encephalitis herpes simplex brain stem |
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