Open AccessSubacute Noninfective Inflammatory Encephalopathy: Our Experience and Diagnostic Problems
Author(s) -
Sadanandavalli Retnaswami Chandra,
Lakshminarayanapuram Gopal Viswanathan,
Dodmalur Malikarjuna Sindhu,
Anupama Ramakanth Pai
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/ijpsym.ijpsym_433_16
Subject(s) - myoclonus , encephalopathy , medicine , electroencephalography , psychosis , cerebrospinal fluid , pleocytosis , etiology , encephalitis , dermatology , pediatrics , pathology , psychiatry , immunology , virus
Immune dysregulation associated encephalopathies present with significant psychiatric manifestations and only a few soft neurological and general systemic features. They are generally resistant to treatment with psychiatric medications. Generalized orthostatic myoclonus and faciobrachial dystonic seizures are mistaken as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.