Article type: Letter to Editor
Article
title: Subacute
sclerosing panencephalitis and movement disorders
Journal: Journal
of Clinical and Scientific Research
Year: 2022
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana Letícia Fornari
Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The abnormal movements associated with subacute
sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) are in order of frequency, myoclonus,
dystonia, parkinsonism, chorea, repetitive behaviours, ballism, ataxia,
athetosis and paroxysmal. In necropsy studies, it was observed demyelination,
extensive perivascular inflammation, glial proliferation and neuronal/glial
intranuclear inclusions. In classical SSPE myoclonus, dystonia and
parkinsonism, chorea, repetitive behaviours and ballism have been reported. On
the other hand, ataxia, athetosis and paroxysmal movements were rarely
described. It is noteworthy that athetosis alone was not reported and not all
paroxysmal movement disorders were already described in association with SSPE.
Keywords: Subacute sclerosing
panencephalitis, movement disorder, myoclonus, dystonia, parkinsonism
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DOI
10.4103/jcsr.jcsr_30_22
Citation
Rissardo
JP, Caprara AL. Subacute sclerosing
panencephalitis and movement disorders. J Clin Sci Res 2022;11:121-2
