Definition of Acute inclusion body encephalitis

1. Noun. Common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes.


Medical Definition of Acute inclusion body encephalitis

1. The most common acute encephalitis, caused by HSV-1; affects persons of any age; preferentially involves the inferomedial portions of the temporal lobe and the orbital portions of the frontal lobes; pathologically, severe haemorrhagic necrosis is present along with, in the acute stages, intranuclear eosinophilic inclusion bodies in the neurons and glial cells. Synonym: acute inclusion body encephalitis, herpes encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Inclusion Body Encephalitis

acute fulminating meningococcaemia
acute fulminating meningococcal septicaemia
acute gastritis
acute glaucoma
acute glomerulonephritis
acute glossitis
acute goiter
acute granulocytic leukaemia
acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis
acute haemorrhagic encephalitis
acute haemorrhagic glomerulonephritis
acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis
acute hemorrhagic encephalitis
acute idiopathic polyneuritis
acute illness
acute inclusion body encephalitis (current term)
acute infectious nonbacterial gastroenteritis
acute inflammation
acute inflammatory polyneuropathy
acute intermittent porphyria
acute interstitial nephritis
acute interstitial pneumonia
acute interstitial pneumonitis
acute kidney failure
acute kidney transplant rejection
acute leukaemia
acute leukemia
acute lobar nephrosis
acute lower GI haemorrhage
acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

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