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

Neurology. 1991 Apr;41(4):498-500. doi: 10.1212/wnl.41.4.498.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atrophy
  • Brain Diseases / complications
  • Brain Diseases / pathology
  • Brain Stem / pathology
  • Cysts / complications
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pons
  • Quadriplegia / etiology*
  • Quadriplegia / pathology
  • Syndrome
  • Virus Diseases / complications*