Viral meningitis mimicking benign intracranial hypertension: A report of two cases

Luke Kiefer; Daniel Adam; Dharani Mudugal; Melinda S. Burnett

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery (Jun 2020)

Viral meningitis mimicking benign intracranial hypertension: A report of two cases

Luke Kiefer,
Daniel Adam,
Dharani Mudugal,
Melinda S. Burnett

Affiliations

Luke Kiefer: Corresponding author.; CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, United States; CHI Health Neurological Institute Immanuel, United States
Daniel Adam: CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, United States; CHI Health Neurological Institute Immanuel, United States
Dharani Mudugal: CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, United States; CHI Health Neurological Institute Immanuel, United States
Melinda S. Burnett: CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center, United States; CHI Health Neurological Institute Immanuel, United States

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 20

Abstract

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This paper juxtaposes the clinical management of two patients with intracranial hypertension secondary to viral infection: one due to Human Herpesvirus-6 and the second due to Varicella Zoster Virus. Our cases highlight the clinical and scientific importance of cerebrospinal fluid viral polymerase chain reaction testing in the evaluation of the high-pressure headache syndrome. Keywords: Headache, Meningitis, Pseudotumor, Intracranial, Hypertension, CSF, Infection, HHV-6

Published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery

ISSN: 2214-7519 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/interdisciplinary-neurosurgery/

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