Aim: To characterize the clinical picture, infectious etiology and MRI results of panencephalitis (PANE) in children, depending on the duration of the disease.
Material And Methods: Children (n=32) with PANE at the age from 3 months up to 17 years were examined for a group of actual viral and bacterial infections. The inclusion criterion was a diffuse lesion of white matter hemispheres on MRI. MRI of the brain and spinal cord, CSF study (pleocytosis, oligoclonal IgG, the main myelin protein (MBP) were performed. The follow-up was 5-10 years. The complex therapy included etiotropic (antiviral) and pathogenetic agents, with priority given to cytoflavin as a drug with a multimodal effect.
Results: In 84.4% of cases, PANE in children are recorded under the age of 3 years and in 71.9% of cases, are associated with congenital infections with the prevalence of herpes viruses, especially cytomegalovirus (37,8%) and herpes type 6 (21.9%). In 78.3% of cases, PANE have chronic gradual development more often with a delay in the formation of motor and speech/prespeech skills, and manifested with pyramidal, cerebellar and other symptoms in the future. PANE is accompanied by a lesion of the white matter of the hemispheres in / cases with periventricular localization, less often in infratentorial structures (46.9%) and spinal cord (21.9%). With the duration of symptoms up to 3 months (n=22) PANE are characterized by inflammatory-demyelinating changes, signs of mass effect, contrast+, pleocytosis in CSF and the increase in MBP (average 4.2±0.8 ng/ml), and, with the duration of more than 3 months, by degenerative-sclerosing changes (n=10) and CSF oligoclonal IgG in 90% of cases.
Conclusion: In almost / of cases, PANE are associated with congenital infections, accompanied by extensive symmetrical foci of demyelination in the CNS, and their clinical and laboratory parameters and outcomes depend on the start of treatment, with the positive dynamics in 75% of cases.
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