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CT, MRI and MRS of Epstein-Barr virus infection: case report
K M Cecil1, B V Jones, S Williams
1Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. cecil@athena.chmcc.org
Neuroradiology
|September 21, 2000
Abstract:
We report MRI and proton MR spectroscopy (MRS) findings in a 12-month-old girl with Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis. CT and MRI showed focal lesions in the basal ganglia. MRS of the lesions showed decreased N-acetyl aspartate and elevation of some amino acids, indicating an infectious rather than ischemic etiology. This case illustrates the use of MRS to narrow differential diagnosis.