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Acute hydrocephalus due to impaired CSF resorption in Toscana virus meningoencephalitis.

Department of Neurology, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Neurology (impact factor: 8.31). 08/2012; 79(8):829-31. DOI:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182661f1a pp.829-31
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ABSTRACT Toscana virus, a neurotropic infectious agent endemic to Mediterranean countries, classified in the sandfly fever virus group (genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae), is a frequent cause of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis in Italy.(1) The disease usually has a favorable outcome, and reports of severe courses are rare.(1,2) We present an unusual case of acute hydrocephalus as the initial symptom of Toscana virus meningoencephalitis.

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Keywords

acute hydrocephalus
 
aseptic meningitis
 
favorable outcome
 
frequent cause
 
Mediterranean countries
 
neurotropic infectious agent endemic
 
sandfly fever virus group
 
unusual case
 

Johanna Oechtering