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Herpes simplex encephalitis presenting as a stroke-like episode following a migraine attack: a case report
Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 2022 Jun 24. doi: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001745. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 23-year-old woman, who had been suffering from migraine since primary school age, presented with left arm paralysis three days after one such migraine attack. On admission, brain MRI diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) demonstrated high-signal-intensity lesions in the white matter of the right fronto-parietal lobe, and no abnormal lesions were evident in the limbic system. Although the patient had a fever of 38.7°C, the CSF cell count was not elevated. On the 4‍th day, the left arm paralysis worsened, with an increase in...
Source: Herpes - June 26, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Moeno Yamamoto Masaki Namekawa Masanori Ishikawa Hiroyuki Watanabe Mutshuo Oyake Nobuya Fujita Source Type: research

Herpes-Simplex Virus 2: A New Player in Cerebral Vasculitis (P03.259)
CONCLUSIONS: The spectrum of atypical CNS manifestations related to HSV is emerging. We report a case of cerebral vasculitis, which was masked by the initial presentation as thalamic hemorrhage and followed by an encephalitic syndrome and multifocal ischemic stroke. The work-up revealed HSV-2 as a new and treatable cause of infectious vasculitis.Supported by: JS is supported by a scientific fellowship from the European Federation of Neurological Societies.Disclosure: Dr. Sellner has nothing to disclose. Dr. Wunderlich has nothing to disclose. Dr. Förschler has nothing to disclose. Dr. Nadas has nothing to disclose. Dr...
Source: Neurology - February 14, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Sellner, J., Wunderlich, S., Forschler, A., Nadas, K., Hemmer, B., Zepper, P. Tags: P03 Infections I Source Type: research