Resolving MRI abnormalities with progression of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
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.
Winer
J B
JB
St Mary's Hospital, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Birmingham, UK.
Pires
M
M
Kermode
A
A
Ginsberg
L
L
Rossor
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology