IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE MEASLES ENCEPHALITIS

被引:8
作者
CHEN, RE
RAMSAY, DA
DEVEBER, LL
ASSIS, LJ
LEVIN, SD
机构
[1] UNIV WESTERN ONTARIO, LONDON, ON, CANADA
[2] VICTORIA HOSP, DEPT CLIN NEUROL SCI, LONDON N6A 4G5, ON, CANADA
[3] VICTORIA HOSP, DEPT PATHOL, LONDON N6A 4G5, ON, CANADA
[4] VICTORIA HOSP, DEPT PEDIAT, LONDON N6A 4G5, ON, CANADA
[5] VICTORIA HOSP, DEPT RADIOL, LONDON N6A 4G5, ON, CANADA
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10.1016/0887-8994(94)90131-7
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
A case of immunosuppressive measles (rubeola) encephalitis in a 12-year-old boy in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia is described. The patient presented with focal seizures which led to epilepsia partialis continua and then progressive obtundation. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed focal abnormalities, predominately in the cortex, that on light and electron microscopic examination were demonstrated to be highly localized areas of neuronal loss, gliosis, and secondary Wallerian degeneration with paramyxovirus inclusions in the oligodendrocytes and surviving neurons.
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