Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS– A CASE REPORT

Dr G Rathnakumar

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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare chronic, progressive demyelinating disease of the CNS associated with a chronic nonpermissive infection of ain tissue with measles virus. Most patients give a history of primary measles infection at an early age which is followed after a latent interval of 6–8 years by the development of a progressive neurologic disorder. Initial manifestations include poor school performance and mood and personality changes. Typical signs of a CNS viral infection do not occur. As the disease progresses, patients develop progressive intellectual deterioration, focal and/or generalized seizures, myoclonus, ataxia, and visual disturbances. In the late stage of the illness, patients are unresponsive, quadriplegic and spastic We report a 17 years old male admitted with history of childhood measles infection and recurrent seizures with no other comorbid condition

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Dr G RATHNAKUMAR Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis- A Case Report Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.6, Issue : 1 January 2016

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