Influenza B acute necrotizing encephalopathy: a case report and literature review.
The case of a 9-year-old girl with acute encephalopathy with evidence of influenza B virus infection and bilateral basal ganglia lesions is reported. The literature on acute necrotizing encephalopathy is reviewed, and other causes of bilateral basal ganglia lesions are discussed.
Sazgar
Mona
M
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospital, 2C3 Walter C MacKenzie Health Sciences Centre, 8440 112 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2B7.
Robinson
Joan L
JL
Chan
Alicia K J
AK
Sinclair
D Barry
DB
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009981:Influenza B virus; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications*; D007888:Leigh Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*