title: Locked-in syndrome in an adolescent patient with pneumococcal meningitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Habre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caflisch
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chaves-Vischer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delavelle
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Haenggeli
mesh_terms: 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