Case 115. Reference case 115B

　 　 　 　
　 Acute encephalitis with hand-foot-mouth disease due to enterovirus 71 infection in a Malaysian child in 1997 　
　 　 　 　

　

 　 In case of enterovirus 71 encephalitis, preferential involvement of the cerebellar dentate nucleus is characteristic. Distribution of the lesions is different from poliomyelitis. Perivascular mononuclear infiltration is shown here (HE).