Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis resembling Rasmussen's encephalitis on magnetic resonance imaging
Singapore medical journal
;
: e147-9, 2015.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, slowly progressing but invariably fatal disease that is related to a prior measles virus infection and most commonly affects paediatric patients. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is the modality of choice for determining such changes in white matter. SSPE typically demonstrates bilateral but asymmetric periventricular and subcortical white matter involvement. We herein report a rare case of unilateral white matter involvement in a 13-year-old boy with SSPE that closely simulated Rasmussen's encephalitis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an atypical presentation on MR imaging in which SSPE was a rare cause of unilateral brain parenchymal involvement in a patient with intractable seizures.
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Assunto principal:
Patologia
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Panencefalite Esclerosante Subaguda
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Encéfalo
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Diagnóstico
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
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Encefalite
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Adolescente
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Singapore medical journal
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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