Herpes Simplex Virus Reactivation After Hemispherectomy for Intractable Seizures

Abstract

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic report a 23-month-old immunocompetent boy with reactivated herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSE) after a subtotal hemispherectomy for seizures related to HSE-associated right middle cerebral artery infarction at 7 months of age.

Keywords

• virus infections
• oral prednisone
• macula