Disease Information for Encephalitis, Dawsons/inclusion body
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A lethal subacute progressive dementia of childhood caused by measles viral mutation; school age males with history of previous measles infection two years previous present with bizarre behavior then cognitive, visual, and gait problems; most die in a year; diagnosis by csf antibodies to measles virus; intraventricular interferon slows the course
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Demographics & Risk Factors[next]
- Travel, Geographic & Climate Related Factors
- Past History
- Population Group
- Population/Inadequate vaccinations/immunizations
- Population/Pediatrics population
- Population/Previously well
- Population/Third world countries
- Sex & Age Groups
- Population/Child
- Population/Child-Infant Only
- Population/Children/all
- Population/Male
- Population/Preschool child/boy
- Population/Pre-teen
Clinical Manifestations[previous][top][next]
- Typical Clinical Presentation
- Presentation/Acute encephalopathy/child
- Presentation/Mental retardation progressive
- Presentation/Progressive dementia/child/infant
- Disease Progression
- Course/Acute
- Course/Chronic disorder
- Course/Lethal
- Course/Median survival 1 year
- Course/Progressive
- Course/Progressive/slowly chronic illness
- Course/Relentless
- Course/Subacute
- Onset/Acute/Course chronic
- Onset/insidious
- Signs & Symptoms
- Child
- Abnormal movements/involuntary
- Altered mental status/Mental status change
- Ataxia
- Behavior problems
- Chorea signs
- CNS symptoms/signs
- Cognitive defect
- Coordination/signs
- Decerebrate posture
- Delayed speech/language development
- Delirium
- Delirium/Agitated delirium
- Gait disturbance/abnormality
- Headache
- Headache in children
- Idiocy/signs
- Impaired judgement/signs
- Involuntary movements
- Irritability/short tempered
- Limb Ataxia
- Limb ataxia/clumsiness child
- Mental slowing/deteriation
- Motor slowing
- Movement or gait disorder/signs
- Multifocal neurologic deficit/signs
- Myoclonus/Myoclonic jerks on exam
- Near recall/memory deficit/defect
- Obtunded/poorly responsive status/signs
- Progressive neurological disorder/signs
- Rapidly progressive dementia
- Seizures
- Stupor/poor reponse to stimulus
- Sudden unconsciousness
- Unconscious/Narcosis status
- Queer bizarre behavior/change
- Delayed speech development/impediment
- Urinary incontinence in Children
- Acutely ill patient/signs
- Fatigue/chronic
- Fatigue/tiredness/exhaustion
- Fever
- High body temperature
- Infant peevish/irritable/fretful
- School/job performance decline
- Vision Loss
- Visual acuity decreasing
- Typical Clinical Presentation
Laboratory Tests[previous][top][next]
- Microbiology & Serology Findings
- Abnormal Lab Findings (Non Measured)
- Abnormal Lab Findings - Increased
Diagnostic Test Results[previous][top][next]
- Other Tests & Procedures
- Pathology
- Electrodiagnosis
- CT Scan
- CT Scan/Head Cortical atrophy
- CT Scan/Head Enlarged brain ventricles
- MRI/Head Brain Abnormal
- MRI/Head Cortical atrophy
- MRI/Head Demyelination white matter
- MRI/Head Grey matter degeneration
- MRI/Head multifocal low density lesions/white matter
- MRI/Head Ventricular enlargement
- MRI/Head White matter lesions
Associated Diseases & Rule outs[previous][top][next]
- Associated Disease & Complications
- Cerebral cortical atrophy
- Cerebral edema
- CNS disease/involvement
- Coma in Children
- Coma/Unconscious
- Convulsions (grand mal)
- Cortical blindness
- Dementia
- Dementia, terminal
- Encephalitis, secondary
- Encephalitis, viral
- Encephalitis/Dawsons inclusion body
- Hallucinations
- Meningitis, chronic
- Paralysis
- Vegetative state/status
- Visual acuity loss
- Cerebral Dysgenesis
- Demyelinating Disease
- Associated Disease & Complications
Disease Mechanism & Classification[previous][top][next]
- Specific Agent
- AGENT/Virus (category)
- Class
- CLASS/Pediatric disorders (ex)
- CLASS/Brain/CNS disorder (ex)
- CLASS/Neurologic (category)
- Pathophysiology
- Pathophysiology/Measles viral replic/def RNA messenger
- Pathophysiology/Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Pathophysiology/Cerebral demyelination
- Pathophysiology/Demyelination
- Pathophysiology/Deranged/CNS immune response/Measles virus
- Pathophysiology/Multifocal cortical pathology
- Pathophysiology/Neurologic degenerative disorder (ex)
- Pathophysiology/Panencephalic process (white and grey)
- Pathophysiology/Immune physiology/defective
- Process
- PROCESS/Allergy/collagen/autoimmune (category)
- PROCESS/INCIDENCE/Extremely rare disease
- PROCESS/Infection/agent specific (category)
- PROCESS/Inflammatory/Granulomatous disorder (category)
- PROCESS/Inflammatory/infection (ex)
- PROCESS/Post-infectious disorder (ex)
- Specific Agent
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- Synonym
- Synonym/Dawson's encephalitis
- Synonym/Decerebrate dementia syndrome (SSPE)
- Synonym/Encephalitis, inclusion body
- Synonym/Panencephalitis, subacute sclerosing
- Synonym/SSPE
- Synonym/Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- Synonym
Treatment[previous][top][next]
- Drug Therapy - Indication
- RX/Amanatadine (Symmetrel)
- RX/Ribavirin (Virazole)
- SX/CNS intraventricular interferon alfa/Isoprinosine po
- Drug Therapy - Indication
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