Retinitis as the presenting feature of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in an Indian male: A case report

Measles virus is a rare but important cause for acute retinitis as it can eventually lead to the fulminant complication of SSPE. We report a case of a young Indian male with acute viral retinitis who subsequently developed SSPE. It is of paramount importance to consider measles virus and SSPE as a c...

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Autores principales: Shah, Amravi, Babu, Rajesh, Biswas, Jyotirmoy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30249850
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_251_18
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Sumario:Measles virus is a rare but important cause for acute retinitis as it can eventually lead to the fulminant complication of SSPE. We report a case of a young Indian male with acute viral retinitis who subsequently developed SSPE. It is of paramount importance to consider measles virus and SSPE as a cause in an immunocompetent young adult with necrotizing viral retinitis

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