Healthy infant delivered by a mother with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis during pregnancy

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive fatal disorder of the CNS caused by persistent abnormal measles virus, usually leading to death within a few years. SSPE mostly affects children or adolescents. Case histories of pregnant women with SSPE are rare. The patient was a 20-year-old woman, mother of a 3-year-old healthy boy. During her second pregnancy, mental changes were evident in …