Journal of Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine
2019 , Vol 10, Issue 3
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis Presenting with Isolated Ninth Cranial Nerve Palsy: A Case Report
1Eskişehir Osmangazi University Medical Faculty Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Eskisehir, Turkey
DOI :
10.33381/dcbybd.2019.2147
Herpes simplex virus is the most common cause of acute sporadic viral encephalitis. Mortality is over 70% in
untreated cases. Clinical diagnosis of the disease is difficult. Routine laboratory results are generally nonspecific.
Here, we consider the present case worthy to be presented because we demonstrated for the first time that
herpes simplex encephalitis may manifest with isolated ninth cranial nerve palsy based on a patient, who
presented at the age of 27 years with dysphagia and loss of sense of taste, had MRI and EEG findings consistent
with herpes encephalitis, and improved with acyclovir therapy without complication.
Keywords :
Herpes simplex, encephalitides, glossopharyngeal motor neuropathies, acyclovir