The first recorded case of herpes simplex virus encephalitis followed by anti-NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis after resection of meningioma

The first recorded case of herpes simplex virus encephalitis followed by anti-NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis after resection of meningioma

Herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE) is the most common cause of encephalitis with very high rates of mortality. Only 40 cases of postoperative HSVE have been reported; most authors agree it might be reactivation secondary to surgical stress and preoperative steroid immunosuppression. Concomitan...

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Main Authors: Diego F. Gomez, Juan M. Gomez, Daniel Jaramillo-Velasquez, Fernando Hakim, Camila Pedraza, Elizabeth Reyes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE)
Anti-NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis anti-NMDAR encephalitis
Brain tumor
PCR array
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751920306071

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