title: Increased intracranial pressure due to chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection.
abstract: Central nervous system involvement in Epstein-Barr virus infection usually presents as meningitis, encephalitis, or encephalomyelitis, mostly in the acute form of the disease. In chronic active infection, the clinical situation may also resemble acute infection as well findings of chronic inflammation such as calcification. This report presents an 8-year-old female with chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection and encephalitis complicated by increased intracranial pressure who was managed with repeated lumbar punctures and medical treatment including anti-edema and antiviral therapies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ondokuz Mayis University, Medical Faculty, Samsun, Turkey. ayhandag@omu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dagdemir
authors.forename: Haydar Ali
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Tasdemir
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dilber
authors.forename: Faysal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gok
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubar
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*