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Interesting case of encephalitis

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History in short  One year and eight month old girl born to a blind couple were bought with fever and seizure.( Both of them were blind at birth,otherwise intelligent and normal) She developed fever and at the height of fever she developed generalized seizure for which they were hospitalized. Seizure was controlled and she was playful for a while.At night again she developed seizures. lasting for two and half hours which was not controlled with usual anti convulsants and she was referred here. In between the seizures she vomited twice.She was bought deeply comatose, seizing movements controlled but occasional twitching persisting on left side, mother said the movements were more on left side. She was second child was born at term after an uneventful pregnancy. She was normal up to this age gained all milestones normally. Elder sibling born at term was normal. She developed fever,developed seizure and vomiting. Got hospitalized with intractable seizures and coma,she died in h