Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Encephalitis in Woman, Taiwan

Aristine Cheng, Kuei-Hong Kuo, and Chia-Jui Yang

Author affiliations: Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan (A. Cheng, K.-H. Kuo, C.-J.Yang); National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (A. Cheng)

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Magnetic resonance imaging with fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence of brain for adult patient with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 encephalitis, Taiwan. A) On day 9 after symptom onset, scattered asymmetric focal hyper signal intensities over bilateral putamen and right thalamus (arrow on the left image) and ventriculitis over bilateral occipital horns (arrow head over right image) are seen. B) By day 24, the lesions had resolved.

Figure. Magnetic resonance imaging with fluid-attenuated inversion recovery sequence of brain for adult patient with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 encephalitis, Taiwan. A) On day 9 after symptom onset, scattered asymmetric focal hyper signal intensities over bilateral putamen and right thalamus (arrow on the left image) and ventriculitis over bilateral occipital horns (arrow head over right image) are seen. B) By day 24, the lesions had resolved.

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