title: High-grade glioma mimicking acute viral encephalitis--three case reports.
abstract: The clinical features of viral encephalitis consist of headache, fever, seizures and encephalopathy. We report three patients with high-grade gliomas presenting with encephalitic illnesses. The diagnosis of brain tumour should always be borne in mind if definite evidence for a viral infection is not obtained.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Howard
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed