Insights from a rare clinical presentation of herpes simplex @entity198 : adding to the XXXX ?

@entity1 @entity198 @entity146 @entity7908 @entity1800 @entity76 @entity2436 @entity2437
BACKGROUND: @entity2436 is associated with a variety of @entity146 and medical illnesses. Very little research is available on the syndrome and the exact neurobiological correlates are not known. Though various cortical and subcortical circuits are implicated in the pathogenesis, the role of cerebellum is unknown. We report an unusual presentation of herpes simplex @entity198 , clinically as @entity7908 and radiologically as isolated symmetrical cerebellar involvement affecting the posterior cerebellum. We discuss the possible role of the cerebellum in producing a @entity2437 state. CASE REPORT: We describe the clinical presentation of @entity2436 in a 19-year-old @entity1 with herpes simplex @entity198 . Her magnetic reasonance imaging showed features of @entity1800 involving the posterior cerebellum with hemorrhagic transformation. She lacked the classical frontotemporal involvement of herpes and recovered completely without physical or neuropsychological sequelae. She did not show signs associated with @entity76 at any point during the illness. CONCLUSIONS: This case provides compelling evidence for the possible role of the posterior cerebellum in the clinical presentation of @entity2436 . This is probably related to its role in controlling the nonmotor cerebral functions through corticocerebellar connections. Further studies of @entity2437 syndromes are needed to establish this association.
