'Locked-in syndrome' for 27 years following a viral illness: clinical and pathologic findings.

Thadani, V M; Rimm, D L; Urquhart, L; Fisher, L; Williamson, P D; Enriquez, R; Kim, J H; Levy, L L · Neurology · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a man who, after a presumed encephalitic illness, was "locked-in" for 27 years. His CT and autopsy findings showed atrophy of the brainstem and a cystic lesion at the base of the pons. He survived longer than most other patients in a similar state.

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