Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion in children
| Autor: | Adalet Elçin Yıldız, Hülya Maraş Genç, Esra Gürkaş, Havva Akmaz Ünlü, İbrahim Halil Öncel, Alev Güven |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Vol 24, Iss 2, Pp 108-112 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1305-3825 1305-3612 |
| DOI: | 10.5152/dir.2018.17319 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE:We aimed to present clinical and radiologic characteristics of mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) in children.METHODS:Eight children (5 boys and 3 girls; median age, 5.9 years; age range, 8 months to 14.1 years) diagnosed with MERS between September 2015 and June 2017 were included in the study. We reviewed the patient’s data, including demographic characteristics, prodromal and neurologic symptoms, neurologic examination, magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography findings, laboratory findings, treatment, and prognosis.RESULTS:Prodromal symptoms were nausea and vomiting (n=6), diarrhea (n=6), and fever (n=3). Initial neurologic symptoms were seizures (n=4), delirious behavior (n=1), drowsiness (n=1), ataxia (n=1), transient blindness (n=2), abnormal speech (n=2), and headache (n=1). Two patients had a suspected infective agent: urinary tract infection caused by Escherichia coli and gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus. Seven patients had type I lesions, comprising characteristic symmetric ovoid (n=6) and band-shaped (n=1) T2-weighted hyperintense lesions at the spenium of corpus callosum, and one patient had type II lesion with additional symmetric posterior periventricular lesions. The lesions were isointense to mildly hypointense on T1-weighted imaging and did not show enhancement. All lesions displayed restricted diffusion. In all patients, neurologic symptoms completely normalized |
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