Herpes simplex meningitis after vestibular schwannoma surgery: illustrative case

BACKGROUND: Herpes is the most common cause of viral encephalitis in the young population. Herpes meningitis following brain surgery is very rare, however. Only a few cases are reported in the literature, and only one concerned an infection after vestibular schwannoma surgery. OBSERVATIONS: The auth...

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Autores principales: Trakolis, Leonidas, Naros, Georgios, Vougioukas, Vassilios, Tatagiba, Marcos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9394175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36045937
http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE20146
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author Trakolis, Leonidas
Naros, Georgios
Vougioukas, Vassilios
Tatagiba, Marcos
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description BACKGROUND: Herpes is the most common cause of viral encephalitis in the young population. Herpes meningitis following brain surgery is very rare, however. Only a few cases are reported in the literature, and only one concerned an infection after vestibular schwannoma surgery. OBSERVATIONS: The authors report a case of a 44-year-old patient who developed severe herpes meningitis a few days after removal of a large cystic vestibular schwannoma. LESSONS: Herpes simplex virus meningitis following a posterior fossa surgery must be considered when patients develop atypical symptoms a few days after surgery.
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spelling pubmed-93941752022-08-30 Herpes simplex meningitis after vestibular schwannoma surgery: illustrative case Trakolis, Leonidas Naros, Georgios Vougioukas, Vassilios Tatagiba, Marcos J Neurosurg Case Lessons Case Report BACKGROUND: Herpes is the most common cause of viral encephalitis in the young population. Herpes meningitis following brain surgery is very rare, however. Only a few cases are reported in the literature, and only one concerned an infection after vestibular schwannoma surgery. OBSERVATIONS: The authors report a case of a 44-year-old patient who developed severe herpes meningitis a few days after removal of a large cystic vestibular schwannoma. LESSONS: Herpes simplex virus meningitis following a posterior fossa surgery must be considered when patients develop atypical symptoms a few days after surgery. American Association of Neurological Surgeons 2021-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9394175/ /pubmed/36045937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/CASE20146 Text en © 2021 The authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ).
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