title: 'Locked-in syndrome' for 27 years following a viral illness: clinical and pathologic findings.
abstract: We describe a man who, after a presumed encephalitic illness, was "locked-in" for 27 years. His CT and autopsy findings showed atrophy of the brainstem and a cystic lesion at the base of the pons. He survived longer than most other patients in a similar state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Thadani
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Rimm
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Urquhart
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Williamson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Enriquez
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011149:Pons; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications*