van bogaert encephalitis
Noun: A rare, chronic, and progressive inflammatory disease of the brain. It is caused by the measles virus and primarily affects children and young adults. The condition is characterized by a history of primary measles infection occurring before the age of two years. The disease course is severe, typically leading to death within three years of onset.
This is a highly specific medical term used in neurology and infectious disease contexts. * The diagnosis of van bogaert encephalitis was confirmed based on the patient's history and clinical presentation. * Van bogaert encephalitis is a devastating complication of early childhood measles infection.
The term is used almost exclusively in formal medical literature, case reports, and specialist discussions to describe this particular disease entity. It is synonymous with "subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)," which is the more commonly used clinical term in modern medicine.
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE): The more frequently used contemporary term for the same disease.
- Dawson's encephalitis: Another historical synonym for the same condition.
- Encephalitis: A general term for inflammation of the brain, of which van bogaert encephalitis is a specific type.
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE)
- Dawson's encephalitis (historical)
This term refers specifically to a single, defined medical condition (SSPE). It does not have multiple general meanings. The name "van bogaert" is an eponym, derived from the physician Ludo van Bogaert, who helped describe the disease.
- a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years