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PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 463-465Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.02.013
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Herpes simplex encephalitis classically involves the periventricular white matter in infants and the mesial temporal lobes, inferior frontal lobes, and insula in older children and adults. However, the increasing use of polymerase chain reaction to detect viral DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid has allowed the expansion of the spectrum of radiologic findings possibly associated with herpes simplex encephalitis. This study presents a rare case of a previously healthy infant with herpes simplex encephalitis with occipital involvement and permanent visual impairment. Possible pathogenic mechanisms are discussed. (c) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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