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Case Reports
. 2004 Jan:52:69-71.

Acute intracerebral haematoma--an unusual presentation of herpes simplex encephalitis

A Biswas  1 , S K Das, T Roy, T Dhibar, S P Ghorai
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  • PMID: 15633725
Case Reports

Acute intracerebral haematoma--an unusual presentation of herpes simplex encephalitis

A Biswas et al. J Assoc Physicians India. 2004 Jan.

Abstract

A young man presented with acute headache, behavioral abnormality and CT scan evidence of intracerebral hematoma. Detailed investigation established its infective origin due to herpes simplex virus type-I. The patient made an excellent recovery following a course of acyclovir. Frank intracerebral haematoma in the form of well defined mass on CT scan in patient with herpes simplex encephalitis is extremely rare.

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