nodular panencephalitis

nod·u·lar pan·en·ceph·a·li·tis

probably a form of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Synonym(s): Pette-Döring disease

nodular panencephalitis

An obsolete term for an acute febrile variant of encephalitis affecting the basal ganglia, now thought by some authors to have represented herpes simplex encephalitis.

Pette,

H.H., German neuropathologist, 1887-1964. Pette-Döring disease - a form of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Synonym(s): nodular panencephalitis