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.
Spila
Bozena
B
Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Lublin.
Grzywa
Anna
A
Helon
Bogusław
B
Mikuła
Roman
R
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