Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia: An adult case and review of the literature

Abstract

Abstract Mycoplasma pneumonia with mild CNS involvements should be considered of MERS, even in adult. From the case series, splenial single lesions by MRI and prodromal fever with varied neurological manifestations recovered completely by antibiotics were seen.

Keywords

• adult‐onset MERS
• clinically mild encephalitis
• encephalopathy
• encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion (MERS)
• Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia
• reversible splenial lesion