CLINICAL-FEATURES OF KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME WITH LOCALIZED ENCEPHALITIS

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作者
FENZI, F
SIMONATI, A
CROSATO, F
GHERSINI, L
RIZZUTO, N
机构
[1] UNIV VERONA,IST NEUROL,I-37100 VERONA,ITALY
[2] OSPED S CHIARA,UNITA OPERAT NEUROPSICHIAT INFANTILE,TRENT,ITALY
关键词
KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME; LOCALIZED ENCEPHALITIS; DIENCEPHALIC AND MIDBRAIN LESIONS;
D O I
10.1055/s-2008-1071559
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
We report the clinico-pathological findings regarding a 9 year-old girl with some clinical features of Kleine-Levin syndrome who died suddenly as a result of pulmonary embolism in the course of femoro-iliac thrombophlebitis. Neuropathological examination provided evidence of perivascular inflammatory infiltrates and microglial proliferation of nodular type located in the diencephalon and midbrain. These findings suggest that a localized encephalitis may be the underlying condition in Kleine-Levin syndrome.
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