Parkinsonism due to an isolated lesion of the substantia nigra following a febrile illness is a rare entity.
Anecdotal reports in the literature implicate substantia nigra as peculiarly susceptible to flaviviruses.
Here we report a case of isolated substantia nigra involvement in a probable Japanese encephalitis
patient who presented with post-encephalitic parkinsonism
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