Japanese-B Virus Encephalitis With Biphasic Illness Pattern.
- Author:
Young Il KIM
1
;
Jae Young AN
;
Yoon Sang OH
;
In Serk PARK
;
Joong Seok KIM
;
Yeong In KIM
;
Kwang Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ks1007@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Japanese-B virus encephalitis;
Outcome
- MeSH:
Brain;
Coma;
Encephalitis;
Encephalitis, Arbovirus;
Female;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Temporal Lobe;
Thalamus;
Viruses
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2008;26(3):267-269
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Japanese-B virus encephalitis (JE), the most common human endemic and epidemic encephalitis, usually has a uniphasic illness with a variable outcome. A 49-year-old woman with cognitive dysfunction from JE had improved over 3 weeks. Brain MRI revealed multiple lesions in the bilateral thalamus, caudate nuclei and medial temporal lobe. Two weeks after discharge, the patient showed re-aggravation of the cognitive dysfunction and lapsed into coma. We report a patient with JE having showed biphasic illness pattern.
