Open AccessClinically Mild Encephalitis/Encephalopathy with a Reversible Splenial Lesion Associated with Rhinovirus
Author(s) -
Noriko Soma,
Yuta Aizawa,
Masamichi Matsunaga,
Akihiko Saitoh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000002995
Subject(s) - encephalitis , encephalopathy , lesion , medicine , pathology , rhinovirus , virology , virus
A 2-year-old girl with fever and seizures was diagnosed as having clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion, as indicated by magnetic resonance imaging. Virologic analysis identified human rhinovirus A49 in her serum. Although human rhinovirus rarely involves the central nervous system, such involvement could result in mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion.