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Listeria, food born, tirgeminal nerve, Brain stem, MRI increased flair signal.
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Sixty-six year-old female presented to the Emergency Department with history of several days of headache, malaise, chills, and fatigue with accompanying nausea, vomiting, and inability to tolerate oral intake. She had no history of fever and remained afebrile at the time of presentation. Physical exam and immediate lab values were non-contributory; CSF was obtained and sent for analysis. The patient was placed preemptively on acyclovir, as viral meningitis was the admitting diagnosis. MRI of the brain showed abnormal FLAIR signal hyperintensity and enhancement involving the entire cisternal segment of the left trigeminal nerve, which extended dorsally along the nerve fiber …