Fever, Seizures, and Basal Ganglia Lesions.

The article focuses on a case of a previously healthy 17-year-old boy admitted to the hospital after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure following fever, malaise, and headache. Topics include the patient's clinical presentation, including disorientation and memory loss, laboratory investigations showing elevated white blood cell count and abnormal cerebrospinal fluid findings, and imaging findings revealing bilateral basal ganglia lesions progressing to involve other brain regions.