Electron microscopic and immunohistochemical verification of diagnosis in two archival cases recognized as encephalitis necroticans acuta (ENA) on routine examinations

Schmidt-Sidor, B.; Lewandowska, E.; Wierzba-Bobrowicz, T.; Gwiazda, E.; Eibl, M.

Folia Neuropathologica 37(1): 52-56

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 1641-4640
PMID: 10337064
Document Number: 503874
Two archival cases diagnosed 20 years ago on routine neuropathological methods as Encephalitis Necroticans Acuta (ENA) were investigated in EM and by immunohistochemical methods. The previous diagnosis was confirmed only in one case because Herpes simplex virus was found. In the second case the intracellular inclusions visible in ME corresponded to Measles Virus thus previous diagnosis was changed to SSPE.

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