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Balo's concentric sclerosis diagnosed intravitam on brain biopsy
M Nandini1, M Gourie-Devi, S K Shankar
1Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
|December 1, 1993
Summary
Balo's concentric sclerosis, an acute multiple sclerosis variant, caused rapid neurological decline. Prompt steroid treatment led to significant recovery and lesion regression.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Neuroimmunology
- Pathology
Background:
- A 28-year-old woman with a history of paranoid psychosis presented with rapidly progressing neurological deficits.
- The patient developed acute hemiparesis, evolving to bilateral hemiplegia and mutism within one week.