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- Title
Diffusion-weighted imaging findings on MRI as the sole radiographic findings in a child with proven herpes simplex encephalitis.
- Authors
Obeid, Makram; Franklin, Jeremy; Shrestha, Shraddha; Johnson, Lara; Quattromani, Frank; Hurst, Daniel
- Abstract
We present a case of herpes simplex encephalitis in an 8-year-old girl, in whom hyperintensity was detected on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) while conventional MRI sequences were normal 1 week after the onset of neurological symptoms. This case is rare in that a child beyond the neonatal period with focal herpes simplex encephalitis had an abnormal DWI sequence as the only MRI finding.
- Subjects
HERPESVIRUS diseases; ENCEPHALITIS; MEDICAL imaging systems; SKIN infections; BRAIN diseases; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; VIRAL encephalitis; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC errors; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Pediatric Radiology, 2007, Vol 37, Issue 11, p1159
- ISSN
0301-0449
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00247-007-0577-z