Bilateral substantia nigra changes on MRI in a patient with encephalitis lethargica
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 53 (8) , 1860
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.53.8.1860
Abstract
Article abstract A 33-year-old woman admitted for meningoencephalitis had features of encephalitis lethargica develop on her third day of illness. She had ophthalmoplegia, akinetic mutism, and prominent extrapyramidal signs consisting of lip and hand tremors, cogwheel rigidity, and facial bradykinesia.Keywords
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