Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood: a Turkish case

Abstract

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) is a rare form of acute encephalopathy of unknown etiology characterized by typical symmetrical lesions in the thalami, with variable involvement of the white matter, brainstem and cerebellum. Clinically there is a rapid neurologic deterioration after a short period of a nonspecific viral-like illness associated with gastrointestinal or respiratory signs. Asian children are especially affected. Here we present a 3-year-old boy admitted to our hospital with fever and deterioration of consciousness. The diagnosis of ANEC was made by radiologic findings [Cukurova Med J 2014; 39(3.000): 641-645]

Keywords

• acute necrotizing encephalopathy
• children
• parainfluenza virus