CLINICAL NOTES ON THE PATHOLOGY IN A Case OF EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS COMPLICATED
- 1 January 1923
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology & Psychiatry
- Vol. 9 (1) , 22-25
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1923.02190190025002
Abstract
While instances of epidemic (lethargic) encephalitis complicated by various psychoses are by no means rare, studies of the pathology of such cases, except those of so-called striatal and pallidal syndromes, are exceedingly scarce. REPORT OF A CASE History. —A colored woman, 28 years of age, admitted to the Cook County Hospital on Jan. 7, 1921, complained of pains in the arms and shoulders, tremor of the left upper extremity and occipital headache. The pain was "stinging," shooting from the shoulders, especially the left, down to the fingers, while the tremor was of the "intention" variety. Both the pain and the tremor were of six days' duration. The headache dated back to an attack of influenza about eight months before. Physical Examination. —Examination revealed jerkings and tremor of the left upper extremity, at times also of the right, and marked hyperesthesia of the neck, arms and chest. The heart, lungs andKeywords
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