Encephalitis lethargica-like illness in a girl with mycoplasma infection.
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.
Al-Mateen
M
M
Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine.
Gibbs
M
M
Dietrich
R
R
Mitchell
W G
WG
Menkes
J H
JH
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