Primary Psychiatric Manifestations of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A Case Report and the Literature Review

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a primary progressive chronic demyelinating neurological disease, occurring with an incidence of 1 per million in the West, whereas in developing countries, such as India, it has an incidence of 21 per million population despite the availability of widespread vaccination against measles.1,2 Measles is mainly a childhood infection, mostly occurring in children 1-2 years old; whereas SSPE is a long-term complication of primary measles infection among a certain group of children, occurring approximately 6 –8 years after the primary infection.
Source: Psychosomatics - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research