RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multifocal varicella-zoster virus leukoencephalitis in a patient with AIDS: MR findings.
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1897
OP 1899
VO 19
IS 10
A1 Aygun, N
A1 Finelli, D A
A1 Rodgers, M S
A1 Rhodes, R H
YR 1998
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/10/1897.abstract
AB We describe a patient with AIDS who presented with an acute encephalitis caused by infection with varicella-zoster virus. The hemorrhagic, necrotizing encephalitis had an unusual MR appearance, with innumerable discrete, small, targetlike lesions in the right cerebral hemisphere, which were coalescent in the posterior temporal, parietal, and occipital regions. Of the several known disease patterns of varicella-zoster viral infection in the CNS, this histopathologic pattern of multifocal leukoencephalitis is rare. It is important to recognize, as effective antiviral drug treatments are available.