Pearls & oy-sters: bilateral thalamic involvement in West Nile virus encephalitis

James C Guth; Stephen A Futterer; Tarek A Hijaz; Eric M Liotta; Neil F Rosenberg; Andrew M Naidech; Matthew B Maas

doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000000571

Pearls & oy-sters: bilateral thalamic involvement in West Nile virus encephalitis

Neurology. 2014 Jul 8;83(2):e16-7. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000571.

Authors

James C Guth¹, Stephen A Futterer², Tarek A Hijaz², Eric M Liotta², Neil F Rosenberg², Andrew M Naidech², Matthew B Maas²

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (J.C.G., E.M.L., A.M.N., M.B.M.) and Radiology (S.A.F., T.A.H.), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; and the Department of Neurology (N.F.R.), Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT. james.guth@northwestern.edu.
² From the Departments of Neurology (J.C.G., E.M.L., A.M.N., M.B.M.) and Radiology (S.A.F., T.A.H.), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; and the Department of Neurology (N.F.R.), Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT.

Abstract

Bilateral thalamic inflammation in the presence of a clinical picture suggestive of viral encephalitis should raise concern for West Nile virus infection.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brain / pathology
Encephalitis, Viral / pathology*
Female
Heart Transplantation
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / analysis
Immunoglobulin M / analysis
Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects
Kidney Transplantation
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Pancreas Transplantation
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Thalamus / pathology*
West Nile Fever / pathology*
West Nile virus* / immunology
Young Adult

Substances

Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Immunosuppressive Agents