N15/16 Encephalitis Flashcards
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Acute Encephalitis
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Inflamm of brain parenchyma - can coexist with inflammation of meninges.
2
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What are common viral encheph?
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-HSV - frontal and temporal lobe
- West Nile virus: Anterior horn cells
3
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Sx for HSV enceph
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Fever, hemicranial headache, taste and smell hallucinations, lang or behavior abnormalities, memory impairment, seizures; SIADH
4
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Sx for West Nile Virus enceph
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Abrupt onset of fever, headache, stiff neck, and vomiting; other clinical features include tremors, myoclonus, parkinsonism,and poliomyelitis (flaccid paralysis)
