Herpes encephalitis
Diagnosis probable
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There is bilateral asymmetric increased signal intensity in FLAIR sequence with corresponding diffusionrestrictionon DWI in in anterior and medial temporal temporal lobes as well as limbic, limbic systems, right more than left. There is also abnormal signal noted in right insular cortex and fornix, right fornixpulvinar. Basal Basal ganglia are spared.
Increased signal also noted in anterior commissure.
Overall pattern of abnormality is bilateral, and not fitting a single vascular distribution.
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Dramatic change in one month with cystic cystic encephalomalacia, focal atrophy and diffuse white matter hyperintensity hyperintensity.
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Image MRI (FLAIR) ( update )
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This case was managed as herpes simplex encephalitis encephalitis.
-<p>This case was managed as an <a title="herpes simplex encephalitis" href="/articles/herpes-simplex-encephalitis">herpes simplex encephalitis</a>. </p>- +<p>This case was managed as <a href="/articles/herpes-simplex-encephalitis">herpes simplex encephalitis</a>. </p>
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