MRI: abnormal findings by conventional MRI sequences Abnormal intensity in limbic cortices, frontal and temporal lobes (hyperintense on FLAIR and T2-W, hypointense on T1-W) Abnormal intensities ...

Encephalitis is the most serious neurological complication caused by HSV-1. Symptoms and signs of encephalitis can include fever, headache, lethargy, irritability, confusion, focal deficit, aphasia ...

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Flair axial MRI. Note the prominent lesion in the left medial temporal lobe. A smaller lesion is present on the right. CSF PCR subsequently confirmed the diagnosis of ...

Background A pregnant 25-year-old woman at 32 weeks' gestation was admitted to an emergency unit after her husband had found her drowsy and with her tongue bitten. The day before admission, the ...

The temporal lobe is part of the cerebral cortex. It plays a role in memory, enables people to process sound and vision, and is crucial for recognizing objects and language. Dysfunction in the ...

Herpes Simplex Encephalitis (remote case): T1-weighted coronal MRIs. Note the abnormal right temporal lobe. The right temporal lobe has shrunk in size with cystic changes denoting encephalomalacia.