Clinical features, pathogenesis, pathology, neuroimaging, clinical course and outcome of measles inclusion-body encephalitis : a systematic review of published case reports and case series

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Measles inclusion-body encephalitis (MIBE) is rare, with insights largely from case studies. We systematically analyzed subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (SSPE) cases in immunocompromised patients, identifying distinctive clinical and neuroimaging features. These findings could facilitate MIBE diagnosis without the need for brain biopsies. Our systematic review on MIBE and HIV-related SSPE adhered to PRISMA guidelines and was registered with PROSPERO. We searched multiple databases and followed a detailed inclusion process with independent reviews and quality assessment. Data on patient demographics, clinical features, and outcomes were compiled. A review of 39 studies on 49 MIBE patients and 8 reports on HIV-positive SSPE patients was conducted. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, HIV, organ transplants, and malignancies were common precursors to MIBE. Perinatal HIV was prevalent among SSPE cases. Seizures were the primary symptom in MIBE, often drug-resistant and progressing to status epilepticus or epilepsia partialis continua, whereas periodic myoclonus was universal in SSPE. Neuroimaging showed distinct patterns for each group, and histopathology confirmed measles virus presence in 39% of MIBE cases. MIBE patients typically progressed to coma and death. In conclusion, MIBE and SSPE in HIV-infected patients present with distinct clinical pictures but identical brain pathological abnormalities.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - (2024) vom: 21. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Garg, Ravindra Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Suresh, Vinay [VerfasserIn]
Suvirya, Swastika [VerfasserIn]
Rizvi, Imran [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Neeraj [VerfasserIn]
Pandey, Shweta [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Encephalitis
Journal Article
Magnetic resonance imaging
Measles
Review
Virus

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Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1007/s10072-024-07480-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370021118