title: Resolving MRI abnormalities with progression of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
abstract: Serial MRI was performed on a 15 year old girl with Subacute Sclerosing Pan-encephalitis (SSPE]. After a period of remission she entered a phase of progressive deterioration. A repeat MRI showed significant resolution of the previous abnormalities. Her pathology and MRI scans are discussed.
authors.affiliation: St Mary's Hospital, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Winer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kermode
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ginsberg
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology