Early diagnosis of herpes encephalopathy using fluid-attenuated inversion recovery pulse sequence.
This study describes the usefulness of fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) pulse sequence for early diagnosis and treatment of herpes encephalitis. An 8-year-old boy with suspected herpes simplex encephalitis was examined by magnetic resonance imaging at 3 days post-symptom onset. Lesions in the right thalamus and insular cortex were detected by conventional T2-weighted images and images from FLAIR pulse sequence. Bilateral temporal lesions, however, were only detected by FLAIR images.
Department of Pediatrics, Showa University School of Medicine, Kodaira City, Tokyo, Japan.
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D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology