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BMJ Case Reports 2015; doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-209310
  • CASE REPORT

MRI and MR spectroscopy findings of a case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis affecting the corpus callosum

  1. Cengiz Yakıncı2
  1. 1Department of Radiology, Inonu Universitesi, Malatya, Turkey
  2. 2Department of Pediatrics, Inonu Universitesi, Malatya, Turkey
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mehmet Öztürk, drmehmet3438{at}hotmail.com
  • Accepted 28 June 2015
  • Published 10 July 2015

Summary

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, slowly progressive, fatal, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease that is seen mostly in children and young adolescents, and primarily affects the parieto-occipital lobes. The corpus callosum, cerebellum and basal ganglia are less frequently involved. MR spectroscopy (MRS) may illustrate the pathophysiological features of SSPE. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second report of MRS findings of corpus callosum involvement in a stage 3 SSPE case.

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