title: Encephalitis lethargica-like illness in a girl with mycoplasma infection.
abstract: We describe a patient with mycoplasma infection and clinical manifestations of encephalitis lethargica. The patient was brought to our attention after acute neurologic deterioration followed by a prolonged sleep-like state and the emergence of extrapyramidal features. MRI of the brain disclosed a striking pattern of subcortical involvement by the inflammatory process, corroborating the clinical picture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Mateen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibbs
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dietrich
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Menkes
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed