Multiphasic encephalomyelitis in a patient with recurrent herpes simplex type 2 meningitis.

We here describe a patient with a history of recurrent HSV-2 meningitis who had been free from symptoms for almost 20 y when he developed an acute encephalomyelitis. The clinical course laboratory and radiological findings support an acute multiphasic disseminated encephalomyelitis induced by a recurrent HSV-2 infection.