Post-operative Herpes simplex virus encephalitis after surgical resection of acoustic neuroma: A case report

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 558-560

  Filipo, Roberto ^a,b   Attanasio, Giuseppe ^a   De Seta, Elio ^a   Viccaro, Marika ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic Neuroma; Encephalitis; Herpes Simplex

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 22044436541     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215054352243     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Spuler A, Blaszyk H, Parisi JE, Davis DH. Herpes simplex encephalitis after brain surgery: case report and review of the literature. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999;67:239-42
2. Corey L. Herpes simplex viruses. In: Fauci AS, ed. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 14th edn. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998;1080-6
3. Aldea S, Joly L-M, Roujeau T, Oswald A-M, Devaux B. Postoperative Herpes simplex virus encephalitis after neurosurgery: case report and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis 2003;36:96-9
4. Gianoli GJ, Kartush JM. Delayed facial palsy after acoustic neuroma resection: the role of viral reactivation. Am J Otol 1996;96:625-9
5. Kuker W, Nagele T, Schmidt F, Heckl S, Herrlinger U. Diffusion-weighted MRI in herpes simplex encephalitis: a report of three cases. Neuroradiology 2004;46:122-5