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Brain-Stem Encephalitis Caused by Epstein-Barr Virus

Kathryn North, MBBS, BSc(Med)

Department of Neurology The Children's Hospital, Bridge Road, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia

Lakshman de Silva, MBBS, DipBact, PhD

Department of Virology The Children's Hospital, Bridge Road, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia

Peter Procopis, MBBS, FRACP

Department of Neurology The Children's Hospital, Bridge Road, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia

A case of brain-stem encephalitis with strong serologic evidence of acute Epstein-Barr virus infection is described. Recovery was rapid without treatment, but mild neurologic sequelae were seen at 6-month follow-up. Epstein-Barr virus infection in childhood may be asymptomatic and heterophil antibody negative. Encephalitis is an unusual but well-recognized complication of Epstein-Barr virus infection, but localized brain-stem involvement, to our knowledge, has not been previously described. (J Child Neurol 1993;8:40-42).

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 8, No. 1, 40-42 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/088307389300800106
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