PubMed · 1991 · 11 citations · 0 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesNeurologyNeuroinfectious DiseasesNeuropathologyNeuroradiologyCentral Nervous System InfectionsEncephalitisHead PathologyNervous System PathologyNeurologic ImagingNeuropathology Of InfectionAntibody TiteringCalcified Lesion AssessmentEncephalitis Differential DiagnosisEncephalitis PathogenesisInfectious EncephalitisIntracranial CalcificationsNeurocysticercosis ImagingNeuropathologic Autopsy Findings
A case of Japanese encephalitis (JE) with multiple calcified lesions suggestive of calcified neurocysticercosis on CT scan of the head is reported. The presence of nonenhancing calcified lesions and rising antibody titres for JE differentiated it from acute encephalitis neurocysticercosis. Post mortem studies indicate that neurocysticercosis predisposes to fatal JE infection. The present report is of an association of the two diseases which did not result in a fatal outcome.