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BJR Case Rep. 2019 Nov 15;5(4):20190028. doi: 10.1259/bjrcr.20190028. eCollection 2019 Dec. [h=1]Acute necrotizing encephalopathy in an adult as a complication of H1N1 infection.[/h]
Abdelrahman HS[SUP]1[/SUP], Safwat AM[SUP]2[/SUP], Alsagheir MM[SUP]3[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] Acute necrotizing encephalitis is one of the recognized influenza-associated encephalopathies which has a characteristic multifocal symmetric involvement of the thalami bilaterally with only very few cases were reported in adults. We present a case of a young adult female who was presented with post-H1N1 Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy with full neurological recovery after proper clinicoradiological diagnosis and rapid treatment with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.
? 2019 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology.
PMID: 31938561 PMCID: PMC6945259 DOI: 10.1259/bjrcr.20190028
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Abdelrahman HS[SUP]1[/SUP], Safwat AM[SUP]2[/SUP], Alsagheir MM[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] Acute necrotizing encephalitis is one of the recognized influenza-associated encephalopathies which has a characteristic multifocal symmetric involvement of the thalami bilaterally with only very few cases were reported in adults. We present a case of a young adult female who was presented with post-H1N1 Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy with full neurological recovery after proper clinicoradiological diagnosis and rapid treatment with steroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.
? 2019 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology.
PMID: 31938561 PMCID: PMC6945259 DOI: 10.1259/bjrcr.20190028
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