| Asymptomatic Hematoma in Herpes Simplex Encephalitis |
| Soo Jin Song, Boo Suk Na, Jong Min Song, Ho Geol Woo, Dokyung Lee, and Tae-Beom Ahn |
| Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea |
| Corresponding Author:
Tae-Beom Ahn ,Tel: +82-2-958-8448, Fax: +82-2-958-8490, Email: ricash@hanmail.net |
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Received October 21, 2014 Accepted October 13, 2015 |
| Copyright 2015 by The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology |
| This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| ABSTRACT |
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A 59-year old man was admitted for drowsiness and stiff neck. CSF examination showed lymphocytic pleocytosis and PCR for herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 was positive in CSF. Brain MRI revealed enhanced lesions in left temporal lobe. His symptom improved with acyclovir. Follow-up studies showed red blood cells in CSF and a hematoma in the left temporal lobe. There was no additional symptom related to the hematoma. He was discharged after conservative care. Although rare, hematoma can develop in HSV-1 meningoencephalitis. |
| Key words:
Herpes simplex virus, Meningoencephalitis, Acyclovir, Hematoma |
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