A rare presentation of fulminant subacute sclerosing panencephalitis with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and meningoencephalitis

Rare presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: an acute fulminant course

Introduction: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive disease characterized by mentalneurological deterioration and myoclonus, occurring after years of measles infection. We present an atypical SSPE case, started with acute confusion and showed unusual radiological features. Case: A 10-year-old previously healthy girl addmitted with headache and constant sleepiness for a wee...

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in Iran

Fulminant Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Presenting with Acute Ataxia and Hemiparesis in a 15-Year-Old Boy

BACKGROUND Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a delayed and fatal manifestation of measles infection. Fulminant SSPE is a rare presentation in which the disease progresses to death over a period of 6 months. The clinical features are atypical and can be misleading. CASE REPORT We report herein a teenage boy who presented with acute-onset gait ataxia followed by right hemiparesis th...

A case of fulminant subacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting with acute myoclonic-astatic epilepsy.

The neurologic sequelae post-measles are less common than other complications measles-related and can lead to severe disability or death: primary measles encephalitis (PME), acute post-infectious measles encephalomyelitis (APME), measles inclusion body encephalitis (MIBE), and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). SSPE syndrome can affect people years from the acute measles virus infectio...

[Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis].

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative disorder occurring in childhood and adolescence and is characterised by dementia, ataxia, myoclonias and other neurological focal signs, with an invariably fatal outcome. The author reviews the subject, focussing on epidemiology, clinical features, measles virus behaviour, host immune reactions, measles prophylaxis an...