Transient Splenial Lesion of the Corpus Callosum in Patients with Infectious Disease.
- Author:
Ji Man HONG
1
;
Min Soo PARK
;
Dongchul JUN
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongnam, Korea. dacda@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Corpus callosum;
Magnetic resonance imaging;
Infectious disease
- MeSH:
Brain;
Communicable Diseases*;
Corpus Callosum*;
Demyelinating Diseases;
Edema;
Epilepsy;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Staphylococcal Infections
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2005;23(5):667-670
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
With the exception of patients with epilepsy, transient splenial lesion of the corpus callosum (SCC) has been rarely reported. We investigated two young men with temporary encephalopathy. One had a staphylococcal infection, the other had a viral infection. The brain MRI findings of these patients showed a transient focal lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum. Transient splenial lesions of the corpus callosum might be a non-specific end point of a different disease process leading to cytotoxic edema or osmotic demyelination of the brain.
