A Case of Acute Encephalitis with Thalamotegmental Involvement.
- Author:
So Hyun LEE
1
;
Jae Hyun PARK
;
Joon Soo LEE
;
Chang Jun COE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Institute of Handicapped Children, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Encephalitis;
Thalamotegmental involvement
- MeSH:
Child;
Coma;
Decerebrate State;
Encephalitis*;
Fever;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Infant;
Japan;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Prognosis;
Seizures;
Stupor
- From:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
1999;6(2):372-376
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acute encephalitis with thalamotegmental involvement in infants and children was reported in Japan, 1995. This encephalitis was preceded for several days by fever and symptoms of upper respiratory infection. These symptoms were followed by the rapid evolution of stupor and coma, associated with generalized seizures and decorticated and decerebrate rigidity without focal neurologic or meningeal signs. The prognosis was generally poor. We have experienced a case of acute encephalitis; the child had three days of fever before the hospitalization and convulsion and deteriorated mental change into a semicomatous state had developed. The patient was diagnosed as acute encephalitis with thalamotegmental involvement by magnetic resonance imaging.
