Which is not a finding in viral encephalitis:: (A) Astroglial proliferation, (B) Perivascular mononuclear infiltrate, (C) Inclusion bodies intranuclear and intracytoplasmic, (D) None of the above
Answer is A. (A) Astroglial proliferation> The pathologic Changes in viral encephalitis are:> Parenchymal infiltrate chiefly in perivascular location, of mononuclear cells consisting of lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages.> Microscopic clusters of MICROGLIAL cells and presence of Neuronophagia> Intranuclear inclusion bodies in most cases; intracytoplasmic in case of NEGRI bodies in rabies.