PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vanderschueren, Geraldine
AU  - Schotsmans, Katlijn
AU  - Maréchal, Emke
AU  - Crols, Roeland
TI  - Mild encephalitis with reversible splenial (MERS) lesion syndrome due to influenza B virus
AID  - 10.1136/practneurol-2018-001880
DP  - 2018 Oct 01
TA  - Practical Neurology
PG  - 391--392
VI  - 18
IP  - 5
4099  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/18/5/391.short
4100  - http://pn.bmj.com/content/18/5/391.full
SO  - Pract Neurol2018 Oct 01; 18
AB  - We describe a 16-year-old boy with mild encephalitis with reversible lesions in the white matter and splenium of corpus callosum as a complication of an influenza B virus infection. Although more common in Asiatic children, it can also occur in Caucasian children and adults. There are several possible causes, including metabolic disorders, hypertension and infection, and the prognosis is usually good, even without treatment.