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Chronic herpes simplex encephalitis with somnambulism: CT, MR and SPECT findings
T Hori1, T Suzuki, Y Terashima
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
The Japanese Journal of Psychiatry and Neurology
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 64-year-old male with herpes simplex encephalitis had shown somnambulism and memory disturbance for nine months before consciousness disturbance appeared. Brain CT, MR and SPECT revealed lesions in the right temporal lobe. The atypical clinical course of this patient, including chronicity and focal symptom, is discussed.