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Case Studies | Medicine Science | India | Volume 4 Issue 2, February 2015 | Popularity: 6.6 / 10
A Case Report of Sudden Loss of Vision in Viral Encephalitis - Review of Literature
Dr. L. J. Sandhyavali, Dr. K. Parimala Devi, Dr. B. Anusha, Ivek Lam
Abstract: We present a case of a 36-year-old woman with sudden loss of vision that was initially diagnosed as cortical blindness. After extensive workup herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was detected in the patients cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Our patients clinical features, response to treatment as evidenced by improvement in vision, cognition and CRP, as well as the CSF PCR result, are convincing evidence of atypical HSV-1 encephalitis masquerading as an episode of sudden loss of vision.
Keywords: sudden loss of vision, atypical HSV-1 encephalitis, polymerase chain reaction, cortical blindness, generalized tonic clonic seizures, normocytic hypochromic anemia
Edition: Volume 4 Issue 2, February 2015
Pages: 1177 - 1179
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