Autopsy findings of a patient with acute encephalitis and refractory, repetitive partial seizures

Seizure. 2016 Feb:35:80-2. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.01.005. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Authors

Chikako Ogawa¹, Jun Natsume², Hiroyuki Yamamoto², Naoko Ishihara², Atsushi Tashiro³, Hiroyuki Kidokoro², Tamiko Negoro², Mari Yoshida⁴, Kazuyoshi Watanabe²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. Electronic address: chikako@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
² Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Social Insurance Chukyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan.

PMID: 26803054
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.01.005

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Amygdala / pathology
Autopsy / methods*
Child
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Electroencephalography
Encephalitis / complications*
Encephalitis / diagnosis*
Epilepsies, Partial / complications*
Epilepsies, Partial / diagnosis*
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / metabolism
Hippocampus / metabolism
Hippocampus / pathology
Humans
Male

Substances

Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein