A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness
<p>We present the case of a young female student who developed acute encephalopathy and rapid deterioration to vegetative state. She had intermittent fever and experienced behavioral disturbances , walk imbalance and left hemiplegia. The patient’s condition deteriorated dramatically and she wa...
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doaj-9f8b73ddf5c1482a948cb4656316550a2020-11-24T23:48:34ZengTianjin Huanhu HospitalChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery1672-67312012-02-011219397123A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weaknessCai⁃yan LIUShun⁃wei LILi⁃ying CUIJian⁃ming WANGBin PENG<p>We present the case of a young female student who developed acute encephalopathy and rapid deterioration to vegetative state. She had intermittent fever and experienced behavioral disturbances , walk imbalance and left hemiplegia. The patient’s condition deteriorated dramatically and she was in vegetative state 2 weeks after the initial neurological symptoms .The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was clear and acellular, with normal glucose concentration and protein count . Cerebral MRI showed subcortical, periventricular and corpus callosum lesions and cortical dystrophy . EEG showed stereotyped periodic complexes with high-Voltage slow waves occurring synchronously throughout the recording. The presence of high antimeasles antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid and serum confirmed the diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Oral Ribavirin was given to the patient. Her condition was follow up to be stable after 2 years. Acute SSPE is an exceptionally rare and little-known form of SSPE with protean symptomatology. Our case reinforces the need to include SSPE as a diagnostic possibility in acute fulminant encephalopathies.</p><p>DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672⁃6731.2012.01.022</p>http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/124Subacute sclerosing panencephalitisMorbillivirus infectionsCase reports |
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Cai⁃yan LIU Shun⁃wei LI Li⁃ying CUI Jian⁃ming WANG Bin PENG A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis Morbillivirus infections Case reports |
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A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness |
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A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness |
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A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness |
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A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness |
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A 21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness |
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21⁃year⁃old woman with fever, altered mental status, myoclonic jerks and weakness |
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Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery |
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<p>We present the case of a young female student who developed acute encephalopathy and rapid deterioration to vegetative state. She had intermittent fever and experienced behavioral disturbances , walk imbalance and left hemiplegia. The patient’s condition deteriorated dramatically and she was in vegetative state 2 weeks after the initial neurological symptoms .The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was clear and acellular, with normal glucose concentration and protein count . Cerebral MRI showed subcortical, periventricular and corpus callosum lesions and cortical dystrophy . EEG showed stereotyped periodic complexes with high-Voltage slow waves occurring synchronously throughout the recording. The presence of high antimeasles antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid and serum confirmed the diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Oral Ribavirin was given to the patient. Her condition was follow up to be stable after 2 years. Acute SSPE is an exceptionally rare and little-known form of SSPE with protean symptomatology. Our case reinforces the need to include SSPE as a diagnostic possibility in acute fulminant encephalopathies.</p><p>DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1672⁃6731.2012.01.022</p> |
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis Morbillivirus infections Case reports |
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