Teaching NeuroImages: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy during novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection
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Since the outbreak of novel influenza A (H1N1) in 2009, various neurologic complications have been cited.1 A 2-month-old girl died of a rapidly progressive encephalopathy after influenza infection. MRI, performed after 12 hours from the onset of symptoms, showed bilateral and symmetric lesions including the thalamus, the cortical–subcortical regions of the occipital and parietal lobes, and brainstem tegmentum …
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