Imaging in viral infections of the central nervous system: can images speak for an acutely ill brain?

VV Maller, G Bathla, T Moritani, KJ Helton - Emergency radiology, 2017 - Springer
Viral infections involving the central nervous system (CNS) may result from a wide variety of
agents and have clinically overlapping manifestations. The diagnosis is often made based …

Imaging of central nervous system viral diseases

RK Gupta, N Soni, S Kumar… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) are commonly encountered and there
has been continued emergence of new neurotropic viruses which are being frequently …

Neuroimaging of viral infections of the central nervous system

M Mahan, M Karl, S Gordon - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2014 - Elsevier
Imaging plays a crucial role in the workup of patients with a suspected viral disease of the
central nervous system. While computed tomography (CT) provides limited diagnostic …

Neuropathology of viral infections of the central nervous system

SK Shankar, A Mahadevan, JME Kovoor - Neuroimaging Clinics of North …, 2008 - Elsevier
Many viral infections of the nervous system cause stereotyped pathologic features and
overlapping clinical and imaging features. Neuroimaging usually offers neuroanatomical …

Imaging of nonspecific (nonherpetic) acute viral infections

RK Gupta, KK Jain, S Kumar - Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
Viral encephalitis is an acute infection of brain parenchyma that presents with fever,
headache, focal and generalized neurologic symptoms and signs, seizures, and …

Acute Viral Encephalitis Neuroimaging Spectrum

AK Kirsch, AM Wang, R Silbergleit, F Memon… - …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Acute viral encephalitis involves inflammation of the brain caused by multiple different
viruses, with CT of the head and MR imaging of the brain involved in the initial diagnostic …

Viral infections of the central nervous system

SK Handique - Neuroimaging Clinics, 2011 - neuroimaging.theclinics.com
Viral infections of the central nervous system (CNS) in humans are uncommon, not because
viruses lack neuroinvasive potential, but because access to the CNS is prevented by various …

Viral encephalitis

CF Andreula, G Marano… - Rivista di …, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
Patients with viral infections of the central nervous system are encountered daily, but it is
often difficult to establish a correct differential diagnosis. This paper attempts to “reorganize” …

Imaging in neurologic infections II: fungal and viral diseases

MR Neagu, P Raibagkar, JL Lyons, JP Klein - Current Infectious Disease …, 2015 - Springer
Infections of the nervous system have a significant impact on global mortality and morbidity.
These infections are medical emergencies that are frequently diagnostically challenging …

An update on diagnostic imaging studies for viral encephalitis

N Kawamura, M Kizawa, A Ueda, Y Niimi… - Future Virology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Viral encephalitis is still a life-threatening disease occurring at any age. It is critical to make a
rapid and correct diagnosis for a better outcome of the disease. Accumulating evidence has …