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Panagiotis Papanagiotou, MD; Iris Quasar Grunwald, MD; Maria Politi, MD; Wolfgang Reith, MD

Arch Neurol. 2008;65(5):668-669.

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A 12-year-old boy presented to the emergency department following a generalized tonic-clonic seizure lasting 5 minutes. He had had a 6-day fever with a severe frontal headache and progressive ideomotor impairment.

On examination, the child had a body temperature of 40°C. There was no focal neurological deficit. His cranial nerves were intact and muscle tone, power, and reflexes were normal with flexor plantar responses. He had no objective signs of neck stiffness and a negative Kernig sign. Funduscopy results were normal with no evidence of papilledema. Other systemic examination findings were unremarkable. Laboratory findings revealed a peripheral leukocyte count of 11 400 cells/µL (to convert to x 10⁹/L, multiply by 0.001), while other findings were in the normal range.

Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) performed the day after admission revealed a focal, round-shaped, left frontal lesion with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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