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Case Reports
. 1978 Jan;67(1):109-12.
doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1978.tb16286.x.

Immunosuppressive measles encephalopathy

F K Pedersen, P O Schiøtz, N H Valerius, H Hertz
Case Reports

Immunosuppressive measles encephalopathy

F K Pedersen et al. Acta Paediatr Scand. 1978 Jan.

Abstract

A case of measles infection without a rash, which was followed by a severe encephalopathy after two months, is described in a 2 1/2 year old boy. At the age of 8 months he had been irradiated for an inoperable intrathoracic neuroblastoma, and at the time of exposure to measles he was being treated with cyclophosphamide and vincristine. This case closely resembles other cases recently described and termed immunosuppressive measles encephalopathy. The syndrome is believed to represent the effect of measles virus in patients with deficient cellular immunity induced by antineoplastic treatment. The importance of protecting children on immunosuppressive treatment for contracting measles is stressed.

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