Influenza A Encephalopathy, Cerebral Vasculopathy, and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Combined Occurrence in a 3-Year-Old Child
2010
SUMMARY: Encephalopathy is an uncommon complication of childhood influenza infection, typically recognized during influenza epidemics. Imaging hallmarks include characteristic thalamic lesions, thalamic necrosis and hemispheric edema. We describe a child with acute influenza A associated necrotizing encephalopathy with MR angiographic evidence of significant cerebral vasculopathy and a hemispheric edema pattern consistent with PRES. This case reinforces that significant cerebral vasculopathy can accompany influenza infection and that influenza is a likely trigger for PRES.
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