Parkinsonism due to isolated substantia nigra involvement in probable Japanese encephalitis
- Author:
Rakesh Shukla
;
Veeresh Bajpai
;
Himanshu Mehta
;
Sanjay Gambhir
;
Sanjay Prakash
;
Ajai Kumar Singh
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- From:Neurology Asia
2008;13(1):113-115
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Parkinsonism due to an isolated lesion of the substantia nigra following a febrile illness is a rare entity.
Anecdotal reports in the literature implicate substantia nigra as peculiarly susceptible to flaviviruses.
Here we report a case of isolated substantia nigra involvement in a probable Japanese encephalitis
patient who presented with post-encephalitic parkinsonism
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