Case 3-2019: A 70-Year-Old Woman with Fever, Headache, and Progressive Encephalopathy

N Engl J Med. 2019 Jan 24;380(4):380-387. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1815528.

Authors

Kimon C Zachary¹, Regina C LaRocque¹, R Gilberto Gonzalez¹, John A Branda¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Medicine (K.C.Z., R.C.L.), Radiology (R.G.G.), and Pathology (J.A.B.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (K.C.Z., R.C.L.), Radiology (R.G.G.), and Pathology (J.A.B.), Harvard Medical School - both in Boston.

PMID: 30673553
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1815528

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Diseases / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / immunology
Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne / isolation & purification*
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / complications
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / diagnosis*
Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / diagnostic imaging
Female
Fever / etiology
Headache / etiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin M / cerebrospinal fluid
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningoencephalitis / complications
Meningoencephalitis / diagnosis*
Meningoencephalitis / diagnostic imaging
Migraine Disorders / complications

Substances

Immunoglobulin M