Neuropathology of two fatal cases of measles in the 1988-1989 Houston epidemic.
The clinical course and autopsy findings of 2 patients with measles encephalitis that occurred during the 1988-1989 Houston epidemic are reported. A previously healthy 25-month-old boy had serologically-proved measles, hemophagocytic syndrome, and acute disseminated demyelinating encephalitis. A 19-year-old male with acute lymphocytic leukemia had proved measles pneumonia and acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. These patients represent a broad spectrum of measles-induced immunopathic complications of the central nervous system.
Pearl
P L
PL
Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston.
Abu-Farsakh
H
H
Starke
J R
JR
Dreyer
Z
Z
Louis
P T
PT
Kirkpatrick
J B
JB
D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*