TY - JOUR
T1 - Chronic encephalitis possibly due to herpes simplex virus
T2 - Two cases
AU - Sage, Jacob I.
AU - Weinstein, Melvin P.
AU - Miller, Douglas C.
PY - 1985/10
Y1 - 1985/10
N2 - Two patients had clinical findings of encephalopathy that progressed in 4 to 5 months. One patient had headache, fatigue, lethargy, hemi-paresis, and a seizure. The second patient had only forgetfulness, confusion, and lethargy without focal signs. Herpes simplex virus was grown from brain biopsy in the first patient and from CSF in the second patient. These cases suggest that herpes simplex virus caused the encephalitis and that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic encephalopathy.
AB - Two patients had clinical findings of encephalopathy that progressed in 4 to 5 months. One patient had headache, fatigue, lethargy, hemi-paresis, and a seizure. The second patient had only forgetfulness, confusion, and lethargy without focal signs. Herpes simplex virus was grown from brain biopsy in the first patient and from CSF in the second patient. These cases suggest that herpes simplex virus caused the encephalitis and that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chronic encephalopathy.
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U2 - 10.1212/wnl.35.10.1470
DO - 10.1212/wnl.35.10.1470
M3 - Article
C2 - 4033928
AN - SCOPUS:0021968504
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 35
SP - 1470
EP - 1472
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 10
ER -