Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient

Herpes simplex encephalitis is a potentially fatal infection of central nervous system that typically involves frontal and temporal lobes. Occasionally, it presents an extratemporal involvement and in rarer cases, it is limited to the brainstem. We describe a case of an adolescent who presented with...

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Autores principales: Arita, Juliana Harumi, Lin, Jaime, Peruchi, Mirella Maccarini, Rodrigues, Marcelo Masruha, Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20671915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/606584
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author Arita, Juliana Harumi
Lin, Jaime
Peruchi, Mirella Maccarini
Rodrigues, Marcelo Masruha
Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira
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Lin, Jaime
Peruchi, Mirella Maccarini
Rodrigues, Marcelo Masruha
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description Herpes simplex encephalitis is a potentially fatal infection of central nervous system that typically involves frontal and temporal lobes. Occasionally, it presents an extratemporal involvement and in rarer cases, it is limited to the brainstem. We describe a case of an adolescent who presented with fever, sore throat, and vertigo. Clinical picture evolved to lethargy, tetraparesis, consciousness impairment, and respiratory failure. MRI showed lesions restricted to the brainstem. PCR of CSF was positive for herpes simplex type 1.
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spelling pubmed-29104962010-07-29 Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient Arita, Juliana Harumi Lin, Jaime Peruchi, Mirella Maccarini Rodrigues, Marcelo Masruha Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira Case Rep Med Case Report Herpes simplex encephalitis is a potentially fatal infection of central nervous system that typically involves frontal and temporal lobes. Occasionally, it presents an extratemporal involvement and in rarer cases, it is limited to the brainstem. We describe a case of an adolescent who presented with fever, sore throat, and vertigo. Clinical picture evolved to lethargy, tetraparesis, consciousness impairment, and respiratory failure. MRI showed lesions restricted to the brainstem. PCR of CSF was positive for herpes simplex type 1. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC2910496/ /pubmed/20671915 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/606584 Text en Copyright © 2010 Juliana Harumi Arita et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Arita, Juliana Harumi
Lin, Jaime
Peruchi, Mirella Maccarini
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Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira
Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient
title Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient
title_full Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient
title_fullStr Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient
title_full_unstemmed Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient
title_short Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient
title_sort herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis restricted to the brainstem in a pediatric patient
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20671915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/606584
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