Substantia nigra lesions in viral encephalitis.
Post-encephalitic parkinsonism is a well-known entity, but involvement of the basal ganglia is rarely documented. We describe a 21-year-old man who developed parkinsonism following encephalitic illness presumed to be of viral origin with substantia nigra lesions evident on magnetic resonance imaging scan.
Savant
Charulata Sankhla
CS
Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Mumbai, India. ssankhl@vsnl.com
Singhal
B S
BS
Jankovic
Joseph
J
Khan
Mak
M
Virani
Amin
A
D000328:Adult; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000473:pathology*