Paranoid syndrome and herpes simplex encephalitis--coincidence or casual nexus?
Patients with viral infection of the central nervous system are often difficult to establish the correct diagnosis. This paper presents our knowledge of herpes simplex encephalitis and a case report of 25-year-old woman. In this case paranoid syndrome preceded viral encephalitis. We established that the presence of mental abnormalities could go before encephalitis or could dominate in symptomatology of encephalitis.
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Lublin.
Bozena
B
Spila
Anna
A
Grzywa
Bogusław
B
Helon
Roman
R
Mikuła
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020803:Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D011379:Prognosis; D013577:Syndrome