Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion of the corpus callosum in childhood: a single-center experience.
Turk J Med Sci
; 52(2): 405-412, 2022 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a rare clinicoradiological syndrome that typically presents with central nervous system symptoms such as loss of consciousness, seizure, headache, and ophthalmoparesis.METHODS:
Here, we highlight the characteristics of this syndrome together with the clinical and MRI findings of 6 pediatric patients with MERS.RESULTS:
Between January 2017 and October 2020, 6 patients with MERS (3 boys and 3 girls) presented to our center. The mean age was 122 ± 54.6 (min-max 44-180) months. None of the patients had a chronic disease. In our study, infectious agents were detected in 4 patients (66.6%), while noninfectious causes (one seizure and the other hyponatremia) were detected in two patients. All of our cases were discharged without any sequelae after an average of 12.1 ± 7 (min-max 4-20) days of hospitalization. In 1 patient (case 6), control MRI could not be performed, and the radiological recovery of our other patients was shown to be between 14 days and 2 months.DISCUSSION:
MERS is an acute encephalopathy with good prognosis and should be considered by neurologists in differential diagnosis due to its variable clinical presentation and specific MRI findings.Palabras clave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Encefalopatías
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Encefalitis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Turk J Med Sci
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Turquía