Rubella panencephalitis

Definition

A rare chronic encephalitis developing up to several years after congenital rubella virus infection or rubella infection in childhood, characterized by slowly progressive, wide-spread neurological symptoms, like cognitive decline, cerebellar ataxia, spasticity, and seizures, amongst others. Progredient deterioration of the neurological disease eventually leads to the death of the patient.

Disease data

Classification

Disease

ORPHA code

83616

OMIM code

ICD10 code

G05.1*

ICD11 code

*Soruce