UNUSUAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
TUNG SL YEN DJ YIU CH CHEN SJ SU MS
Citation
Sl. Tung et al., UNUSUAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS - A CASE-REPORT, Brain & development, 19(3), 1997, pp. 222-225
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Brain & development → ACNP
ISSN journal
03877604
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
222 - 225
Database
ISI
SICI code
0387-7604(1997)19:3<222:UEFISS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare infectious centra l nervous system (CNS) disease with a poor prognosis. We reported on t he case of an adolescent girl with SSPE and characteristic periodic el ectroencephalographic (EEG) complexes. Her neurological deficits inclu ding generalized myoclonic seizures improved after intraventricular in terferon (IFN) treatment. However, unusual EEG patterns consisting of bisynchronous occipital spikes preceding periodic complexes developed in follow-up EEGs. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.