Mild influenza-associated encephalopathy/encephalitis with a reversible splenial lesion in a Caucasian child with additional cerebellar features.
Mild influenza-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion is a rare entity recently reported almost exclusively in Asiatic individuals. Hallmarks of this clinical-radiological syndrome include severe encephalopathy at onset, prompt and complete recovery, minimal to absent pleocytosis and rapidly reversible involvement of the splenium of the corpus callosum. We report herein a young Caucasian child who in addition had cerebellar involvement and presented a transient mutism during the recovery phase.
Fluss
Joel
J
Pediatric Neurology, Geneva Children's Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. joel.fluss@hcuge.ch
Ferey
Solène
S
Menache-Starobinski
Caroline
C
Delavelle
Jacqueline
J
Van Bogaert
Patrick
P
Vargas
Maria Isabel
MI
D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009980:Influenza A virus / Q000502:physiology*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D044465:White People