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. 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.
Viral infection can lead to : -


Intranuclear inclusions → Herpes infection (Cowdry body 'A')
Cytoplasmic inclusions → Rabies (Negri body)
Both intranuclear & cytoplasmic inclusions  → Cytomegalovirus.