Abstract
We report a 16-month-old boy with human herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) encephalopathy showing
transient abnormalities of the cerebral white matter on magnetic resonance imaging.
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) demonstrated diffuse high signal intensity in the
bilateral cerebral white matter areas. The signal changes on DWI subsequently resolved,
and cerebral atrophy resulted. The transient decrease in the cerebral white matter
diffusivity seen in the present case may reflect axonal involvement secondary to the
glial or neuronal damage in HHV-6 encephalopathy.
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Publication history
Accepted:
March 19,
2004
Received in revised form:
March 19,
2004
Received:
June 3,
2003
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© 2004 Elsevier B.V. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
