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Measles:
Report #90
New England Journal of Medicine Case Report: A
34-Year-Old Pregnant Woman with Confusion and Visual Loss |
The following excerpt is a case presentation on subacute sclerosing
panencephalitis, a rare and severe neurological complication of measles
infection. It was originally published in the May 14, 1998, issue of the New
England Journal of Medicine.
A 34-year-old right-handed woman was admitted to the hospital because of
progressive confusion and visual loss.
The patient had been well until four months earlier, when her family observed a
reduction in spontaneous speech, increasing timidity, and confusion during her
fourth pregnancy. Two months before admission she was unable to sign checks
reliably, although it was unclear whether the problem was related to her vision
or confusion. She began to report a persistent right frontal headache. Three
weeks before admission, she had an uncomplicated vaginal delivery at another
hospital. Two days later, she could not sign her name because of . . .
To continue reading the full-text article and to access accompanying images, go
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http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/extract/338/20/1448
2/27/07
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