'Locked-in syndrome' for 27 years following a viral illness: clinical and pathologic findings.
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.
Thadani
V M
VM
Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Rimm
D L
DL
Urquhart
L
L
Fisher
L
L
Williamson
P D
PD
Enriquez
R
R
Kim
J H
JH
Levy
L L
LL
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*