Mild Encephalitis/Encephalopathy with a Reversible Isolated Splenial Lesion (MERS) in Adult Patients: A Small Case Series

• Published in: European neurology Vol. 83; no. 3; p. 279
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhen, Guo, Jing, Li, Xiaobin, Li, Chuanling, Ma, Xiaolin, Cui, Xiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Brain Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Brain Diseases - pathology; Corpus Callosum - pathology; Female; Humans; Japan; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Japan; Clinical manifestation; Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion; Splenium of the corpus callosum; Cerebrospinal fluid; Magnetic resonance imaging

Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible isolated splenial lesion (MERS) is a rare and complex clinico-radiological condition that aggregates various diseases. From a geographical point of view, most cases have been reported in Asia, especially in Japan. However, a very limited number of s...