LOCKED-IN SYNDROME IN AN ADOLESCENT PATIENT WITH PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

Authors
HABRE W CAFLISCH M CHAVESVISCHER V DELAVELLE J HAENGGELI CA
Citation
W. Habre et al., LOCKED-IN SYNDROME IN AN ADOLESCENT PATIENT WITH PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS, Neuropediatrics, 27(6), 1996, pp. 323-325
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuropediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
0174304X
Volume
27
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
323 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0174-304X(1996)27:6<323:LSIAAP>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 15-year-old adolescent with pneumococcal meningitis and increased in tracranial pressure presented clinical and neurophysiological evidence of the locked-in syndrome. MRI studies showed an area of infarction i nvolving the ventral part of the medulla.