1 MCQs in Medicine for NEET PG
A 42-year-old man presents with a 4-day history of fever, headache, and confusion progressing to focal seizures with olfactory hallucinations, personality change, and expressive aphasia. MRI FLAIR/T2 shows asymmetric hyperintensity of the medial temporal lobe and insular cortex with sparing of basal ganglia. CSF analysis reveals lymphocytic pleocytosis (200 cells/μL), elevated protein, normal glucose, and HSV-1 PCR positivity. The EEG shows the pattern marked **D** in the diagram. Which of the following best describes the clinical significance of this EEG finding in herpes simplex encephalitis?
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