Open AccessCatatonia as presenting clinical feature of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
Author(s) -
Prabhoo Dayal,
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.131489
Subject(s) - catatonia , subacute sclerosing panencephalitis , medicine , lorazepam , electroencephalography , pediatrics , presentation (obstetrics) , psychiatry , pathology , surgery , measles , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , measles virus , vaccination
Catatonia is not a usual clinical presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), especially in the initial stages of illness. However, there is only one reported case of SSPE presenting as catatonia among children. In this report, however, there were SSPE-specific changes on EEG and the catatonia failed to respond to lorazepam. We describe a case of SSPE in a child presenting as catatonia that presented with clinical features of catatonia and did not have typical EEG findings when assessed at first contact. He responded to lorazepam and EEG changes emerged during the course of follow-up.