Case 34-2017. A 76-Year-Old Man with Fever, Weight Loss, and Weakness

N Engl J Med. 2017 Nov 9;377(19):1878-1886. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1707557.

Authors

Jennifer L Lyons¹, Pamela W Schaefer¹, Tracey A Cho¹, Marwan M Azar¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (J.L.L., T.A.C.), Radiology (P.W.S.), and Pathology (M.M.A.), Harvard Medical School, the Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital (J.L.L.), and the Departments of Neurology (T.A.C.), Radiology (P.W.S.), and Pathology (M.M.A.), Massachusetts General Hospital - all in Boston.

PMID: 29117489
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1707557

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Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

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Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology*
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Consciousness Disorders / etiology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Electroencephalography
Encephalitis / diagnosis
Fatal Outcome
Fever / etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Muscle Weakness / etiology
Weight Loss
West Nile Fever / complications
West Nile Fever / diagnosis*
West Nile Fever / physiopathology
West Nile virus