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A Model for Epilepsy of Infectious Etiology using Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus
Published on: June 23, 2022
Frontal lobe seizures and uveitis associated with acute human parvovirus B19 infection
David Hsu1, Christy Sandborg, Jin S Hahn
1Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, California 94305-5235, USA.
Abstract:
We report a 5-year-old girl who developed repeated episodes of behavioral alterations shortly after human parvovirus B19 infection and uveitis. Video-electroencephalographic study demonstrated that these brief episodes were frontal lobe seizures. Seizures responded promptly to antiepilepsy medications. Further diagnostic testing did not reveal any rheumatologic disorders. Human parvovirus B19 infections in children are more commonly associated with febrile seizures and meningoencephalitis. Our case demonstrates that, rarely, it may be associated with the development of partial epilepsy.
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