Erschienen in:
12.05.2023 | Case Report
A frantic confusion: beyond rabies and anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate encephalitis
verfasst von:
Adrien Cottu, Aïcha Kante, Alexandre Megherbi, Sébastien Lhomme, Lydia Maisonneuve, Francesco Santoli
Erschienen in:
Journal of NeuroVirology
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Ausgabe 3/2023
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Abstract
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a leading cause of acute hepatitis worldwide. In rare cases, HEV may generate neurologic lesions such as neuralgic amyotrophy, Guillain-Barré syndrome, and meningoencephalitis. Thirteen cases of HEV meningoencephalitis have been reported over 20 years. The clinical landscape varied from mild symptoms to coma and seizures. Most of patients were immunocompetent adults and spontaneously recovered. We report here the case of a 44-year-old immunocompetent adult with HEV meningoencephalitis presenting with aggressiveness and then coma. The evolution was spontaneously favorable without any specific treatment. This clinical case aims to draw attention on this emerging and probably under-recognized cause of meningoencephalitis.