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Neuropediatrics 1996; 27(6): 323-325
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973802
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973802
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Locked-In Syndrome in an Adolescent Patient with Pneumococcal Meningitis
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Publication Date:
13 March 2007 (online)
Abstract
A 15-year-old adolescent with pneumococcal meningitis and increased intracranial pressure presented clinical and neurophysiological evidence of the locked-in syndrome. MRI studies showed an area of infarction involving the ventral part of the medulla.
Key words
Pneumococcal meningitis - Cerebral herniation - Vasculitis - Locked-in syndrome - MRI