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Definition of Panencephalitis

1. Noun. Diffuse inflammation of the entire brain.

Medical Definition of Panencephalitis

1. A diffuse inflammation of the brain. Nodular panencephalitis, probably a form of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Synonym: Pette-Doring disease. Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), a rare chronic, progressive encephalitis that affects primarily children and young adults, caused by the measles virus. Characterised by a history of primary measles infection before the age of two years, followed by several asymptomatic years, and then gradual, progressive psychoneurological deterioration, consisting of personality change, seizures, myoclonus, ataxia, photosensitivity, ocular abnormalities, spasticity, and coma. Characteristic periodic activity is seen on EEG; pathologically, the white matter of both the hemispheres and brainstem are affected, as well as the cerebral cortex, and eosinophilic inclusion bodies are present in the cytoplasm nuclei of neurons and glial cells. Death usually occurs within three years. Synonym: Bosin's disease, Dawson's encephalitis, inclusion body encephalitis, sclerosing leukoencephalitis, subacute inclusion body encephalitis, subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis, van Bogaert encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Panencephalitis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"160, 126 Sclerosis panencephalitis virus, temperature sensitivity and its ability to establish persistent infection, 161. 407 Secretin effects on insulin ..."

2. Potential Transmission of Spongiform Encephalopathies to Humans: The Food edited by Christopher Shays (1998)
"... fatal subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a delayed and slow measles virus infection; that transverse myelitis and adult T-cell leukemia are the ..."

3. Prevention of Mental Disorders, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Children and edited by David Shaffer (1996)
"... 1100 cases of measles encephalitis and 30 cases of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis avoided in the first instance; 1.5 million cases of rubella, ..."

4. Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluationsedited by Barry Leonard edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Treatment of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia. Interferon alfa-2a (recombinant) Treatment of AIDS related ..."

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