title: Acute bilateral vision loss as the presenting feature of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
abstract: A 12-yr-old boy with an atypical presentation of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is described. Bilateral macular chorioretinitis preceded the neurological symptoms by 3 weeks. Both visual and neurological features had an acute onset. Clinicians need to be aware that macular chorioretinitis in a child may be the heralding feature of SSPE.
authors.affiliation: Child Neurology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Suvasini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Bhuvan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chanana
authors.forename: Sheffali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.forename: Sarman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*