Open AccessCytotoxic Lesion of the Corpus Callosum Caused by Puumala Hantavirus Infection
Author(s) -
Olivier Lebecque,
Nicolas Mulquin,
Michaël Dupont
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the belgian society of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 24
ISSN - 2514-8281
DOI - 10.5334/jbsr.1616
Subject(s) - medicine , puumala virus , hantavirus , corpus callosum , lesion , hantavirus infection , cytotoxic t cell , pathology , radiology , virology , virus , biochemistry , chemistry , in vitro
We report the case of a 45-year-old male referred to our hospital with fever, asthenia, visual disturbances and increasing headaches. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain showed high signal intensity in the splenium of corpus callosum with low apparent diffusion coefficient values. Diagnosis of cytotoxic lesion of corpus callosum was made with Puumala Hantavirus infection serologically confirmed and should not be mistaken for ischemia. Patient was discharged 8 days after admission and imaging findings had resolved 3 weeks later.