Numerous Cerebral Hemorrhages in a Patient with Influenza-Associated Encephalitis: A Case Report

Influenza infection involving central nervous system lesions was reported previously and is hereafter referred to as “influenza-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy (IAE)” (1). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of encephalitis associated with influenza A virus have been described previously (2). Reports of necrotizing encephalopathy in children with influenza are relatively common, but very few case reports have described IAE in adults, particularly those with hemorrhagic lesions associated with influenza (3-5). We report a case of influenza Aand B-associated encephalitis in an adult exhibiting macroand micro-hemorrhages in both cerebral hemispheres.