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The importance of MRI in the acute phase of herpes encephalitis mimicking an acute ischemic stroke
This report highlights a case of misdiagnosed HSE, aiming to discuss the management of similar cases and underscore the relevance of MRI in the emergency setting.PMID:37524960 | DOI:10.1007/s10072-023-06969-5
Source: Herpes - July 31, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anna Gardin Marco Cavallaro Angelo Labate Source Type: research

Periodic electroencephalographic discharges and epileptic spasms involve cortico-striatal-thalamic loops on Arterial Spin Labeling Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Brain Commun. 2022 Oct 6;4(5):fcac250. doi: 10.1093/braincomms/fcac250. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTPeriodic discharges are a rare peculiar electroencephalogram pattern, occasionally associated with motor or other clinical manifestations, usually observed in critically ill patients. Their underlying pathophysiology remains poorly understood. Epileptic spasms in clusters and periodic discharges with motor manifestations share similar electroencephalogram pattern and some aetiologies of unfavourable prognosis such as subacute sclerosing panencephalitis or herpes encephalitis. Arterial spin labelling magnetic resonance imaging i...
Source: Herpes - November 3, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Monika Eisermann Ludovic Fillon Ana Saitovitch Jennifer Boisgontier Alice Vin çon-Leite Volodia Dangouloff-Ros Thomas Blauwblomme Marie Bourgeois Marie-Th érèse Dangles Delphine Coste-Zeitoun Patricia Vignolo-Diard M élodie Aubart Manoelle Kossorotoff Source Type: research

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome mimicking herpes simplex encephalitis: A case report
Radiol Case Rep. 2022 May 8;17(7):2428-2431. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.04.019. eCollection 2022 Jul.ABSTRACTMitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome presents with the features of herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), which is rare and has been described in only a few case reports. Our case describes a 17-year-old female with no significant previous medical history presenting with an acute onset of fever, headache, and epilepsy, similar to HSE. Computed tomography of the brain showed bilateral basal ganglia calcification. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated gyriform...
Source: Herpes - May 23, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Wen-Gao Zeng Wan-Min Liao Jue Hu Su-Fen Chen Zhen Wang Source Type: research