A case of nodular polioencephalitis with a history of 7 years
| Autor: | Teruo Okuma, Mitsuo Motoike, Hiroshi Ishino |
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| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Polioencephalitis Basal Ganglia Dysarthria Glial nodules Mesencephalon medicine Inferior olivary nucleus Dementia Humans Cerebral Cortex business.industry General Neuroscience Diffuse Cerebral Sclerosis of Schilder Electroencephalography General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.anatomical_structure Neurology Increased tendon reflexes Cerebral cortex Neurology (clinical) Autopsy medicine.symptom business Encephalitis |
| Zdroj: | Folia psychiatrica et neurologica japonica. 25(4) |
| ISSN: | 0015-5721 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY 1) The authors reported a case of chronic glial nodular polioencephalitis. 2) Clinical course: onset at the age of 41 years; euphoric dementia; dysarthria; gait disturbance; hiccup; increased tendon reflexes; 7 years' duration of the illness. 3) Pathological features: glial nodules and perivascular infiltration in the cerebral cortex, hypothalamus, pontine basis, inferior olivary nucleus; foci of spongio-necrosis. 4) The clinicopathological comparison was made with the cases reported by Hara et al. and Kersting. 5) The present case was suspected virus encephalitis and considered belonging to Pette-Doring type of panencephalitis. The authors suggested the possibility that in this case early mental symptoms of SSPE set in the adult and remained more or less stationary. |
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