title: Neuropathology of two fatal cases of measles in the 1988-1989 Houston epidemic.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Pearl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abu-Farsakh
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Starke
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dreyer
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*