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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Causes ''Measles''. | *Causes ''Measles''. | ||
*Uncommon due to widespread | **Should '''not''' be confused with ''Rubella'' ([[AKA]] ''German measles''). | ||
*Uncommon due to widespread MMR vaccine. | |||
*Illness may be complicated by ''subacute sclerosing panencephalitis'' (SSPE) - a chronic neurodegenerative condition.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case595/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case595/dx.html]. Accessed on: 26 January 2012.</ref> | *Illness may be complicated by ''subacute sclerosing panencephalitis'' (SSPE) - a chronic neurodegenerative condition.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case595/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case595/dx.html]. Accessed on: 26 January 2012.</ref> | ||
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*+/-Intranuclear Cowdry type A inclusions. | *+/-Intranuclear Cowdry type A inclusions. | ||
**Glassy (pink) nucleus. | **Glassy (pink) nucleus. | ||
*Lymphocytes and microglial cells. | *Lymphocytes and macrophages (microglial cells). | ||
*Demyelination. | *Demyelination. | ||
Notes: | Notes: | ||
*Measles inclusions are intranuclear. RSV inclusions are intracytoplasmic. | *Measles inclusions are intranuclear. RSV inclusions are intracytoplasmic.{{fact}} | ||
Images: | Images: | ||