Acute measles encephalitis of the delayed type in an immunosuppressed child.
The authors described a case of an immunosuppressed child with acute measles encephalitis of the delayed type (AMED). The authors also discussed the relationship between the AMED, epilepsia partialis continua and the neuroradiological picture, in which bilateral putaminal lucency was evident.
Colamaria
V
V
Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Verona, Policlinico di Borgo Roma, Italy.
Marradi
P
P
Merlin
D
D
Moser
C
C
Dulac
O
O
Dompieri
P
P
Dalla Bernardina
B
B
D002648:Child; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D011859:Radiography