Teaching NeuroImages: The Trigeminal Pontine Sign: Centripetal Migration of Herpes Virus to the Central Nervous System

Neurology. 2021 Mar 2;96(9):e1387-e1388. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000010845. Epub 2020 Sep 14.

Authors

Fajun Wang¹, Hesham Abboud²

Affiliations

¹ From the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Program, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
² From the Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Program, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center; and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. hesham.abboud@uhhospitals.org.

PMID: 32928980
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000010845

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Central Nervous System / diagnostic imaging*
Central Nervous System / virology
Demyelinating Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Female
Herpes Labialis / complications
Herpes Labialis / virology
Herpes Simplex / diagnostic imaging*
Herpes Simplex / virology
Herpesvirus 1, Human*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Pons / diagnostic imaging*
Pons / virology
Trigeminal Ganglion / diagnostic imaging
Trigeminal Ganglion / virology
Trigeminal Nerve / diagnostic imaging*
Trigeminal Nerve / virology