Open AccessSubacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis
Author(s) -
Gobinda Banik,
Sakib Aman,
Farhana Sultana,
Syed Mohammad Arif
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of bangladesh college of physicians and surgeons/journal of bangladesh college of physicians and surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-6365
pISSN - 1015-0870
DOI - 10.3329/jbcps.v37i4.43352
Subject(s) - subacute sclerosing panencephalitis , medicine , measles , measles virus , encephalitis , cerebrospinal fluid , myoclonus , pathology , neuroimaging , electroencephalography , slow virus , pediatrics , virology , virus , viral disease , psychiatry , vaccination
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is chronic progressive encephalitis of childhood and young adoloscent due to persistent measles virus infection. This case illustrates a 14 year old girl presented with short history of intellectual decline, abnormal behavior, myoclonus and altered consciousness with suggestive neuroimaging mimicking metachromatic leucodystrophy. Subsequently she was diagnosed to be a case of Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) on the basis of Electroencephalography (EEG) and Cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) measles antibody titer.
J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2019; 37(4): 205-208