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A case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting as depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Soumitra Shankar Datta ,
Rajesh Jacob ,
Sudhir Kumar  and
Susan Jeyabalan
Soumitra Shankar Datta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India
Rajesh Jacob*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India
Sudhir Kumar
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India
Susan Jeyabalan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India
*
Dr Rajesh Jacob MBBS, MD, Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632002, Tamil Nadu, India, Tel: +91 416 2260005; Fax: +91 416 2261632; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Summary:

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is rare in adult patients. Clinical presentation in intial phases of SSPE may be non-specific leading to diagnostic delay. We present a 24-year-old patient with depressive syndrome of five months' duration prior to the onset of typical features of SSPE, which is a rare presentation. This patient had responded partially to Sertraline, for a brief period, before he was diagnosed to have SSPE. This case illustrates affective symptoms can be the presenting features of SSPE in adults.

Keywords

adult-onsetdepressionelectroencephalographypsychiatric symptomsSertralinesubacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
Type
Case Report
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 2006 , pp. 55 - 57
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Munksgaard

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