[Focal brain lesion accompanied by exanthema subitum: report of two cases].
We report two cases with exanthem subitum in which hemioaresis developed during the acute infectious phase. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a cerebral ischemic infarct in the territory of the right lenticulostriate artery in one patient. Along the right temporal and parieto-occipital cortex of the other patient, there were high-signal-intensity lesions on T2-weighted images, which showed marked enhancement by gadolinium on T1-weighted images. These findings suggested that the brain lesions were caused by vasculopathy that accompanied human herpes virus-6 infection.
Tanaka
M
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Department of Pediatrics, Urafune Hospital of Yokohama City University, Yokohama.
Kimura
S
S
Nezu
A
A
Ohtsuki
N
N
Takeshita
S
S
D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005077:Exanthema Subitum / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D015654:Herpesvirus 6, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging
D004279:DNA, Viral