ENCEPHALITIS IN CHILDHOOD: PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

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A review of the pathological findings in 48 autopsies on children who had died of clinical "encephalitis" reveals that in only one-quarter of the cases was the etiological agent revealed by characteristic histological findings or virus culture. In almost half the acute cases, after what appeared to be an infective febrile illness, no evidence of inflammatory changes was found in the brain. In these cases, cerebral edema was the usual finding. There were five cases of subacute encephalitis of the Dawson and Van Bogaert varieties. Some aspects of the various groups of cases are discussed.
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