Open AccessAcute Necrotizing Encephalitis - A Rare Entity
Author(s) -
F Arshad
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neurology and neurotherapy open access journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2639-2178
DOI - 10.23880/nnoaj-16000135
Subject(s) - etiology , encephalitis , neuroimaging , disease , medicine , brainstem , pathology , white matter , pediatrics , magnetic resonance imaging , immunology , virus , radiology , psychiatry
Acute necrotizing encephalitis is a disease characterized fever and infection associated with with rapid alteration of consciousness. Exact etiology remains unknown. Though the disease is nearly exclusively seen in East Asian countries but sporadic cases h ave been reported from all around the world. Neuroimaging shows symmetric lesions involving the thalami, brainstem, cerebellum, and white matter. Management is only supportive. This condition accompanies a poor prognosis with high morbidity and mortality rates. We report a case of 20 year old female who presented with presented with acute necrotising encephalitis.