Focal herpes zoster encephalitis without a rash: diagnostic confusion between astrogliosis and low-grade glioma

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2016 Dec;14(12):1109-1111. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2016.1248944. Epub 2016 Oct 27.
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Keywords: Varicella virus; acyclovir; astrocyte; encephalitis; glioma; herpes zoster.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / analogs & derivatives
  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / complications
  • Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / diagnostic imaging*
  • Encephalitis, Varicella Zoster / drug therapy
  • Glioma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gliosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Gliosis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Valacyclovir
  • Valine / analogs & derivatives
  • Valine / therapeutic use
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Valine
  • Valacyclovir
  • Acyclovir