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Brain MRI characterizes distinct coxsackievirus B3 encephalitis patterns in a pediatric case report.
Case Report (n=1)
This report describes the previously unreported MRI features of coxsackievirus B3 encephalitis in a pediatric patient.
MRI descriptions of CVB3 encephalitis remain unreported; leaves open imaging-based diagnosis and requires additional case series before clinical adoption.
Coxsackievirus, a common pathogen causing pediatric infection, typically causes a mild, nonspecific illness with low-grade fever, but can cause severe illness on rare occasions. Encephalitis is an uncommon but important complication of coxsackievirus infection. The magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) encephalitis have not been reported in the literature, and there are few descriptions of MRI findings of encephalitis induced by coxsackieviruses of other serotypes. We report the MRI findings of CVB3 encephalitis in a two-year-old girl, review the MRI findings in previously reported cases of pediatric coxsackievirus encephalitis, and present the MRI characteristics of coxsackievirus encephalitis.
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Fan et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3) encephalitis (n=1). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was evaluated on MRI findings of CVB3 encephalitis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of coxsackievirus B3 encephalitis were described in a two-year-old girl and compared with previously reported pediatric cases.
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