A 54 year old lady presented with lethargy and 15 kg weight loss over the past year. CT scan of the head revealed left temporal lobe hypodensity with a discrete area of hemorrhage within the left mesial temporal lobe. Due to concerns about impending central herniation, lumbar puncture was not performed. MRI of the brain showed a large lesion of the left temporal lobe, extending to the left fron...

The cognitive sequelae of encephalitis are well documented, and it is increasingly recognised that disorders of mood and anxiety can accompany these sequelae. Loss of identity is emerging as a key theme in psychotherapeutic interventions in adjustment following acquired brain injury (ABI). Cognitive-behavioural therapy can be applied to construct a new model of the self in the context of behavi...

The feasibility of detecting herpesvirus DNA in paraffin sections of routinely fixed and processed human necropsy brains by use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was assessed. A 110 bp segment of the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) could readily be amplified in sections from the brains of six patients with acute HSV1 encephalitis but not from those of six patien...

Acute retinal necrosis (ARN), a viral retinal disease with poor visual prognosis, following herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE) are uncommonly seen, and there has been no case yet reported of the reverse situation. We herein present the reverse situation, an immune-competent patient with HSE following ARN. A 57-year-old man who had been under steroid therapy for retinal vasculitis the prior two w...

Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) is a common cause of infectious encephalitis in children, which can lead to severe neurological sequels. There new perspective suggesting that herpes simplex plays an important role triggering the synthesis NMDA receptor antibodies. have been no data on incidence anti-NMDA Indonesia. was found these patients as risk factor for encephalitis. A 9-year-old male patient c...

Case report We present the case of a 41 year-old male, diagnosed with syphilitic encephalitis, in whom cerebral magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated preponderant involvement of bilateral temporal lobes, for this point of view raising differential diagnostic concerns with Herpes virus encephalitis. We also identified multiple encephalitis foci: hippocampus, lentiform nucleus, left thalamus, l...

A 14 year old male presented with redness and watering of his right eye of a week’s duration. He had been on local steroids and mydriatics for 3 days. He gave a history of herpes encephalitis, with post viral demyelination, cystitis and septicaemia 5 years back. At that time he had presented with headache, fever, vomiting, slurring of speech, drooling of saliva and inability to feed. Though blo...

Encephalitis is an acute infl ammation of the meninges and cerebral tissue. Although the specifi c etiological agent is not identifi ed in many instances, clinical and research experience indicate that viruses are the responsible pathogens for most infections. Enteroviruses cause more than 80% of all cases (1, 2). The other frequent viral causes are arboviruses and Herpes viruses. Herpes simple...