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Multifocal varicella-zoster virus leukoencephalitis in a patient with AIDS: MR findings.

Year: 1998

Type: article

Abstract: We describe a patient with AIDS who presented with an acute encephalitis caused by infection with varicella-zoster virus. The hemorrhagic, necrotizing encephalitis had an unusual MR appearance, with innumerable discrete, small, targetlike lesions in the right cerebral hemisphere, which were coalescent in the posterior temporal, parietal, and occipital regions. Of the several known disease patterns of varicella-zoster viral infection in the CNS, this histopathologic pattern of multifocal leukoencephalitis is rare. It is important to recognize, as effective antiviral drug treatments are available.

Source: PubMed

Authors: N Aygun, D A Finelli, M S Rodgers, R H Rhodes

Institutions: MetroHealth, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University

Language: English

Topic: Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2186423377

FWCI: 0.736

Cites: 8

Cited by: 23

Related to: 10