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01-11-2020 | Encephalitis | Pictorial Essay

Non-congenital viral infections of the central nervous system: from the immunocompetent to the immunocompromised child

Authors: Giulia Moltoni, Felice D’Arco, Luca Pasquini, Chiara Carducci, Aashim Bhatia, Daniela Longo, Marios Kaliakatsos, Laura Lancella, Andrea Romano, Alberto Di Napoli, Alessandro Bozzao, Maria Camilla Rossi-Espagnet

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 12/2020

Abstract

Non-congenital viral infections of the central nervous system in children can represent a severe clinical condition that needs a prompt diagnosis and management. However, the aetiological diagnosis can be challenging because symptoms are often nonspecific and cerebrospinal fluid analysis is not always diagnostic. In this context, neuroimaging represents a helpful tool, even though radiologic patterns sometimes overlap. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to suggest a schematic representation of different radiologic patterns of non-congenital viral encephalomyelitis based on the predominant viral tropism and vulnerability of specific regions: cortical grey matter, deep grey matter, white matter, brainstem, cerebellum and spine.

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Title: Non-congenital viral infections of the central nervous system: from the immunocompetent to the immunocompromised child
Authors: Giulia Moltoni
Felice D’Arco
Luca Pasquini
Chiara Carducci
Aashim Bhatia
Daniela Longo
Marios Kaliakatsos
Laura Lancella
Andrea Romano
Alberto Di Napoli
Alessandro Bozzao
Maria Camilla Rossi-Espagnet
Publication date: 01-11-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Encephalitis
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 12/2020
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-020-04746-6

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Non-congenital viral infections of the central nervous system: from the immunocompetent to the immunocompromised child

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