Visual deterioration as presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Visual deterioration as presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

A 7-year-old boy presented with deteriorating vision and macular degenerative changes. A month later he had developed unusual behaviour and increasing forgetfulness. An electroencephalogram showing periodic complexes, and high measles complement-fixation titres in the cerebrospinal fluid and blood, confirmed the diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Four months after the onset of vi...

Visual deterioration as presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis in Iran

[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...

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

Introduction Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare disease which predominantly affects children of school age. The clinical features include an insidious afebrile onset with behavioural disturbance and progressive dementia sometimes associated with epilepsy. Later akinetic mutism and myoclonic jerks with pyramidal and extrapyramidal signs appear. Finally there is progressive deco...