Open AccessSubacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting as mania
Author(s) -
Ashish Aggarwal,
Ashish Khandelwal,
Manish Jain,
RC Jiloha
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.82801
Subject(s) - subacute sclerosing panencephalitis , medicine , measles , presentation (obstetrics) , mania , pediatrics , measles virus , disease , rare disease , dermatology , pathology , psychiatry , surgery , bipolar disorder , mood , vaccination
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, invariably fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system developing after measles infection. Besides neurological symptoms as initial presenting symptoms, rare reports of its presentation with pure psychiatric symptoms have been reported. We here report a case of 14 year old male who initially presented with manic symptoms and then subsequently diagnosed to be suffering from SSPE. Improtance of ruling our organic conditions is emphasized.