The differential diagnosis of chorea [PDF]
, 2007 Chorea is a hyperkinetic movement disorder characterised by excessive spontaneous movements that are irregularly timed, randomly distributed and abrupt. In this article, the authors discuss the causes of chorea, particularly Huntington's disease and the ...
Tabrizi, SJ, Wild, EJ
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Herpes Simplex Type 1 Encephalitis Restricted to the Brainstem in a Pediatric Patient
Case Reports in Medicine, 2010 Herpes simplex encephalitis is a potentially fatal infection of central nervous system that typically involves frontal and temporal lobes. Occasionally, it presents an extratemporal involvement and in rarer cases, it is limited to the brainstem.
Juliana Harumi Arita +4 more
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A Case of Herpes Simplex Virus-1 Encephalitis from a Medicolegal Point of View
Case Reports in Medicine, 2018 We present a case of herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis (HSVE) and discuss the difficulty of early diagnosis and the possibility of a wrong or delayed diagnosis and treatment of this encephalitis.
Alessandro Feola +2 more
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Autoimmune Post-Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2016 Investigators at August Pi Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute and University of Barcelona performed a prospective surveillance study in 14 patients with immune-mediating relapsing symptoms of post-herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE).
Ana B. Chelse, Leon G. Epstein
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Varicella Zoster Virus Encephalitis [PDF]
, 2019 Varicella zoster virus in the adult patient most commonly presents as shingles. Shingles is a painful vesicular eruption localized to a specific dermatome of the body.
Hill, Tyler +2 more
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Treatment of eczema herpeticum with acyclovir [PDF]
, 1983 Contains fulltext : 4421.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open ...
Enschedé, F.A.J. +4 more
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Left dural carotid cavernous fistula mimicking an inflammatory process: A case report
Radiology Case ReportsA female in her 70s presented with altered mental status, left eye pain, ophthalmalgia, and diplopia following a fall. Brain MRI demonstrated contrast-enhancing left peri-insular T2 hyperintense changes that was read as possible herpes simplex ...
Annika K. Oie, BS +2 more
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HSV-1 exploits the innate immune scavenger receptor MARCO to enhance epithelial adsorption and infection [PDF]
, 2014 HSV-1 is an important epithelial pathogen and has the potential for significant morbidity in humans. Here we demonstrate that a cell surface scavenger receptor, macrophage receptor with collagenous structure (MARCO), previously thought to enhance ...
Gallo, Richard L. +4 more
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HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1973 P C, Gupta +4 more
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Epstein-Barr virus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a ten-year-old girl accompanied by posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and disseminated herpes simplex virus infection [PDF]
, 2015 可逆性後頭葉白質脳症は通常臨床的には頭痛・痙攣・視覚障害等の神経症状で発症するしばしば認める疾患である．一方，播種性ヘルペス感染症は免疫不全患者で認める感染症である．今回我々は，EBウイルス関連血球貪食症候群に対するエトポシド・プレドニゾロン・シクロスポリンを用いた多剤併用化学療法中に，シクロスポリン関連可逆性後頭葉白質脳症と播種性ヘルペス感染症と診断された10歳女児を経験したので報告する．EBウイルス関連血球貪食症候群に対する併用療法は当初有効であったが ...
板倉 隆太 +5 more
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