Clinical and Radiologic Findings of Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in Young Adults
- 29 October 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) in American Journal of Neuroradiology
- Vol. 41 (12), 2250-2254
- https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a6803
Abstract
SUMMARY: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy after an acute febrile illness, although initially described exclusively in the pediatric age group, has been recently shown to have an adult onset as well. In this study, we describe 10 patients (16 years of age or older) with acute necrotizing encephalopathy. In our study, bilateral thalamic involvement with the trilaminar pattern of diffusion restriction on MR imaging was the predominant finding seen in all of the patients reviewed. Ancillary findings of cerebral white matter, brain stem, and cerebellum involvement with sparing of the basal ganglia were also noted. A poorer outcome was observed in patients with a higher degree of thalamic involvement. The cause of an underlying infection was identified in 4 patients (dengue in 3 and influenza in 1). Overall, a sizeable portion of young adults with acute necrotizing encephalopathy have shown a poorer outcome, with dengue being an important underlying trigger in an endemic region.Keywords
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