Reversible Splenium Lesion of the Corpus Callosum in Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Failure Syndrome.
10.3346/jkms.2010.25.8.1244
- Author:
Shin Hye BAEK
1
;
Dong Ick SHIN
;
Hyung Suk LEE
;
Sung Hyun LEE
;
Hye Young KIM
;
Kyeong Seob SHIN
;
Seung Young LEE
;
Ho Seong HAN
;
Hyun Jeong HAN
;
Sang Soo LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea. sdi007@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Failure Syndrome;
Hantaan virus;
Reversible Splenium Lesion
- MeSH:
Antibodies, Viral/blood;
Corpus Callosum/*pathology;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Hantaan virus/immunology;
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome/*diagnosis/therapy;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Platelet Count;
Renal Dialysis
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2010;25(8):1244-1246
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This is the first case of virus-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy in which the pathogen was Hantaan virus. A 53-yr-old man presented fever, renal failure and a hemorrhagic tendency and he was diagnosed with hemorrhagic fever with renal failure syndrome (HFRS). In the course of his illness, mild neurologic symptoms such as dizziness and confusion developed and magnetic resonance images revealed a reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum. This case suggests that HFRS patients with neurologic symptoms like dizziness and mental slowing should be considered to have structural brain lesions and to require brain imaging studies.
