Locked-in syndrome in an adolescent patient with pneumococcal meningitis.
A 15-year-old adolescent with pneumococcal meningitis and increased intracranial pressure presented clinical and neurophysiological evidence of the locked-in syndrome. MRI studies showed an area of infarction involving the ventral part of the medulla.
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Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
Caflisch
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Chaves-Vischer
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Delavelle
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Haenggeli
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D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology