Sunday 25 December 2016

Herpes Encephalitis

Findings:

Bilateral temporal lobe FLAIR signal (post-seizure edema)
HSV 2 in neonates.
HSV 1 in adults.
latent infection in the Gasserian ganglion (CN V)
predilection for the limbic syste, cingulate gyrus, and subfrontal region
late stage becomes bilateral, hemorrhage.

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