Magnetic resonance imaging in acute meningoencephalitis of viral and unknown origin: frequent findings and prognostic potential.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in meningoencephalitis have mainly been described in terms of their diagnostic value rather than their prognostic potential, except for herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis. The aims of our study were to describe frequency and anatomic locations of MRI abnormalities specific to limbic, circadian and motor systems in a cohort of meningoencephalitis patients, as well as to investigate the prognostic value of these MRI findings.

Methods

A secondary, selective analysis of a retrospective database including all meningitis, meningoencephalitis and encephalitis cases treated between 2016 and 2018 in the University hospital of Bern, Switzerland was performed. Patients with meningitis of any cause, bacterial or autoimmune causes

SUBMITTER: Abbuehl LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10829495 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature