title: A case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting as depression.
abstract: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is rare in adult patients. Clinical presentation in intial phases of SSPE may be non-specific leading to diagnostic delay. We present a 24-year-old patient with depressive syndrome of five months' duration prior to the onset of typical features of SSPE, which is a rare presentation. This patient had responded partially to Sertraline, for a brief period, before he was diagnosed to have SSPE. This case illustrates affective symptoms can be the presenting features of SSPE in adults.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Soumitra Shankar
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: 2Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeyabalan