Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivation After Hemispherectomy for Intractable Seizures

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-25-1-8

Keywords:

Virus Infections, Oral Prednisone, Macula

Abstract

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic report a 23-month-old immunocompetent boy with reactivated herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSE) after a subtotal hemispherectomy for seizures related to HSE-associated right middle cerebral artery infarction at 7 months of age.

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Published

2011-01-01

Issue

Section

Infectious/Autoimmune Disorders