Woo AR, Lee HY, Lim MK, Kang YH, Cho SG, Choi SH, Baek JH. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings of Mumps Meningoencephalitis with Bilateral Hippocampal Lesions without Preceding Acute Parotitis: A Case Report.
Korean J Radiol 2017;
18:378-382. [PMID:
28246518 PMCID:
PMC5313526 DOI:
10.3348/kjr.2017.18.2.378]
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Abstract
Meningitis is a common central nervous system (CNS) complication of the mumps, a viral infection, but encephalitis and meningoencephalitis are less common in mumps. We describe magnetic resonance imaging findings of acute mumps meningoencephalitis in a 32-year-old male who showed bilateral hippocampal lesions without preceding parotitis. Although it is rare, hippocampal involvement should be considered a CNS complication of mumps infection.
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