[High intracranial pressure with the spreading of the cranial sutures as a leading symptom of herpes simplex meningitis].
A four-year old girl developed signs of increased intracranial pressure (head-ache, vomiting, ataxia, tremor, papilledema, cranial suture spread). Abacterial meningoencephalitis due to herpes virus was diagnosed, while the initially suspected brain tumor was ruled out. Without specific therapy the patient recovered completely; even the cranial suture spread disappeared. This case report demonstrates an unusual and more benign course of central nervous herpes virus infection.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Schädelinnendruckerhöhung mit Nahtsprengung als Leitsymptom einer Herpes-Simplex-Meningitis.