Post-encephalitic Respiratory Disorder

Post-encephalitic parkinsonism with amyotrophy.

Post-encephalitic Parkinsonism: current experience.

The diagnosis of post-encephalitic Parkinsonism is rarely entertained today. In this paper we discuss eight recent patients, six of whom presented in the last 20 years, that conform to the diagnosis of encephalitis lethargica. The clinical features by which the diagnosis may be made are defined so that a contemporary definition of this disorder may be attained.

Adolf Hitler had post-encephalitic Parkinsonism.

Adolf Hitler had Parkinson symptoms in 1934, at age 45 years. He may have had transient symptoms in 1923, at age 34 years. Young-onset parkinsonism, during the 1920s, favored a diagnosis of post-encephalitic rather than idiopathic parkinsonism. Hitler had oculogyric crises, phenomena only associated with post-encephalitic parkinsonism. In addition, he had dystonic facial spasms, palilalia and a...

Psychiatric aspects of the post-encephalitic syndrome.

Massive Neurocysticercosis: Encephalitic versus Non-encephalitic

Most patients with neurocysticercosis have few intracranial lesions. However, a small subset show development of massive infections that may be divided into encephalitic and nonencephalitic. Proper differentiation of both forms is important because they have different pathogenetic mechanisms and require different therapeutic approaches. The encephalitic form often occurs in children and young w...