Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis with atypical features.
The incidence of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis may be rising. This report describes three patients identified in New York City with atypical features including age of onset, prolonged prodrome, and lack of specific electroencephalographic changes. The diagnosis was confirmed with the identification of measles antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid. Awareness of the possibility that the clinical presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis may be changing may increase its timely diagnosis.
Salehi
Hamid R
HR
Department of Neurology, Comprehensive Epilepsy Management Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
Delgado
Eunice
E
Wolf
Steven M
SM
McGoldrick
Patricia E
PE
Moshé
Solomon L
SL
D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral