title: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a child with recurrent febrile seizures.
abstract: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a devastating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by persistent mutant measles virus infection. The diagnosis of SSPE is based on characteristic clinical and EEG findings and demonstration of elevated antibody titres against measles in cerebrospinal fluid. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis can have atypical clinical features at the onset. Herein, we report an unusual case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a child with recurrent febrile seizures. The disease progressed with an appearance of myoclonic jerks, periodic high amplitude generalized complexes on EEG, and elevated titers of measles antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid leading to the final diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
authors: Department of Child Neurology, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey.
authors: Ayşe
authors: A
authors: Kartal
authors: Department of Child Neurology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500 Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Ayşegül Neşe
authors: AN
authors: Çıtak Kurt
authors: Department of Child Neurology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500 Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Tuğba
authors: T
authors: Hirfanoğlu
authors: Department of Child Neurology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500 Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Kürşad
authors: K
authors: Aydın
authors: Department of Child Neurology, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, 06500 Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Ayşe
authors: A
authors: Serdaroğlu