Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) due to dengue virus
A 14-year-old girl presented with encephalopathy, delirium and ophthalmoplegia following a 3 day history of high-grade fever. Brain MRI on day 6 of illness showed diffusion restricted ovoid lesion in the splenium of corpus callosum. Dengue virus encephalitis was diagnosed with positive PCR for dengu...
Published in: | Journal of Clinical Neuroscience |
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Language: | English |
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Churchill Livingstone
2017
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Online Access: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85007197708&doi=10.1016%2fj.jocn.2016.10.050&partnerID=40&md5=519245fee92175ea8d4d93da79688717 |