Marked Atrophic Changes of the Brain in a Patient with Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE) is a debilitating disorder associated with the measles infection in childhood. It is a very rare manifestation in children. It usually presents with measles before the age of two. We report a similar case of SSPE in a 14-year-old girl who developed this lif...

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Autores principales: Yasin, Faizan, Assad, Salman, Nadeem, Muhammad, Zahid, Mehr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
Materias:
Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5650255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29062617
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1585
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Sumario:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE) is a debilitating disorder associated with the measles infection in childhood. It is a very rare manifestation in children. It usually presents with measles before the age of two. We report a similar case of SSPE in a 14-year-old girl who developed this life-threatening condition in spite of receiving the measles vaccination. Despite the vaccination, the patient had suffered from measles before the age of two. This highlights the dilemma of ineffective vaccinations in developing countries. We also describe the radiologic features of SSPE in this patient, with marked atrophy seen in the occipital region following hyperintensities noticed at a relatively earlier stage.

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