Syndrome of encephalopathy, petechiae, and ethylmalonic aciduria.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Spinal teratomas are extremely rare; they constitute <0.5% of all spinal cord tumors. These rare tumors have nonspecific manifestations but in most cases are accompanied by neurological deficits. Rupture of a mature teratoma can cause chemical meningitis. PATIENT DESCRIPTION:A 7-year-old boy presented wit...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mpayo LL,Liu XH,Xu M,Wang K,Wang J,Yang L

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 13-year-old female who experienced symptoms and signs of Rasmussen encephalitis for the first time at the age of 5 years. Various therapeutic procedures, including conventional and new antiepileptic drugs, steroids, immunoglobulin, plasma exchanges, and partial hemispherectomy, were applied, but their resu...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Marjanovic BD,Stojanov LM,Zdravkovic DS,Kravljanac RM,Djordjevic MS

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pediatric critical care survivors often suffer persisting multisystem health problems and are left with treatment needs that go unmet due to limits in current care models. We proposed that integration of neuropsychology into neurocritical care follow-up provides incremental benefit to the identification and ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dodd JN,Hall TA,Guilliams K,Guerriero RM,Wagner A,Malone S,Williams CN,Hartman ME,Piantino J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data are available on optic neuritis in Asian children. Clinical profiles tend to vary with different races. We aimed to determine the clinical manifestations, visual outcomes, and etiologies of optic neuritis in Malaysian children, and discuss the literature of optic neuritis in Asian children. A retrospectiv...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Shatriah I,Adlina AR,Alshaarawi S,Wan-Hitam WH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An infant, 26 weeks gestation, had a stormy neonatal course; at 10 hours of age, initial cranial ultrasound apparently demonstrated a left subependymal hemorrhage placed somewhat medially with possible extension into the lateral ventricle. These ultrasound findings were present up to and including a study on the seven...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Imaizumi SO,Pleasure JR,Zubrow AB

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moyamoya is a chronic, progressive steno-occlusive arteriopathy that typically affects the anterior circulation arteries of the circle of Willis. A network of deep thalamoperforating and lenticulostriate collaterals develop to by-pass the occlusion giving rise to the characteristic angiographic "puff of smoke" appeara...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dlamini N,Muthusami P,Amlie-Lefond C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenylosuccinate lyase (ASL) deficiency is a defect in purine de novo synthesis pathway. The disease has variable clinical presentation involving psychomotor retardation, seizures, hypotonia, and autism. The presence of succinyladenosine and succinylaminoimidazole carboxamide riboside (SAICA riboside) in body fluids c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Valik D,Miner PT,Jones JD

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-year-old man in remission from acute myelogenous leukemia 3 years after a bone marrow transplant presented with signs of pseudotumor cerebri, including headache, visual changes, and papilledema. He manifested elevated opening pressure on lumbar puncture and positive cytology, with a concurrent normal bone marrow...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Lipton J,Joffe S,Ullrich NJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal stroke is presented as the ideal human model of developmental neuroplasticity. The precise timing, mechanisms, and locations of specific perinatal stroke diseases provide common examples of well defined, focal, perinatal brain injuries. Motor disability (hemiparetic cerebral palsy) constitutes the primary ad...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kirton A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rituximab (anti-CD20) has been used as B-cell-targeted intervention to treat opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome. Due to isolated reports of chronic hypogammaglobulinemia and B lymphopenia following rituximab in several disorders, and rapid B-cell depletion after a few doses, we reduced the dosage 20% in our clini...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pranzatelli MR,Tate ED,McGee NR,MacArthur CA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insufficient nutrition is known to lead to disturbances in postnatal myelin formation. This study aims to demonstrate that early myelination is altered in human twin pregnancies. Five brains of twins with a symmetric blood supply and three brains of twins with chronic fetal-fetal transfusion syndrome (one hypervolemic...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ulfig N,Nickel J,Saretzki U

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acquired chronic hepatocerebral degeneration is a central nervous system disorder secondary to several conditions related to hepatic dysfunction. Clinical features of acquired chronic hepatocerebral degeneration include a hyperkinetic extrapyramidal syndrome, neuropsychiatric symptoms, or both. We present for the firs...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Papapetropoulos S,Tzakis A,Sengun C,Reddy C,Boukas K,Zitser J,Singer C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cloxazolam has been used mainly as an anxiolytic agent. The present study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of cloxazolam as an add-on antiepileptic drug in patients with intractable epilepsy. A total of 32 patients with intractable epilepsy were treated with cloxazolam: 13 with generalized epilepsy, 15 with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Kimura N,Fujii T,Miyajima T,Kumada T,Mikuni T,Ito M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical phenotype of multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in infancy is characterized by recurrent episodes of hypoketotic hypoglycemia and lipid storage myopathy. Brain damage has been described only as a consequence of severe and protracted hypoglycemia. We describe a child who experienced normal physical...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Uziel G,Garavaglia B,Ciceri E,Moroni I,Rimoldi M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination is one of several useful tools for early identification of cerebral palsy; however, cut-off scores for cerebral palsy do not consistently distinguish infants with hemiplegia from those typically developing. We hypothesized that use of an asymmetry score, in add...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hay K,Nelin M,Carey H,Chorna O,Moore-Clingenpeel Ma Mas M,Maitre N,NCH Early Developmental Group.

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) are at risk for later neurocognitive and behavioral deficits, yet the clinical predictors of these outcomes are understudied. We examined the influence of clinical and infarct characteristics on attention and executive functioning in children following ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Bosenbark DD,Krivitzky L,Ichord R,Vossough A,Bhatia A,Jastrzab LE,Billinghurst L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Concern exists regarding a possible harmful impact of vacuum extraction on the preterm newborn. We aimed to evaluate the long-term pediatric neurodevelopmental outcomes of the preterm offspring after vacuum extraction. METHODS:A population-based cohort analysis was performed comparing the risk for long-term...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Schwarzman P,Sheiner E,Wainstock T,Mastrolia SA,Segal I,Landau D,Walfisch A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and laboratory findings of 25 patients with classical Cockayne syndrome (CS) are reviewed. A history of consanguinity was present in 21 patients, and 15 patients had at least 1 affected sibling. Apart from the cardinal features of dwarfism, microcephaly, and mental retardation, the most consistent clinical fe...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Ozdirim E,Topçu M,Ozön A,Cila A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical course and autopsy findings of 2 patients with measles encephalitis that occurred during the 1988-1989 Houston epidemic are reported. A previously healthy 25-month-old boy had serologically-proved measles, hemophagocytic syndrome, and acute disseminated demyelinating encephalitis. A 19-year-old male with ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Pearl PL,Abu-Farsakh H,Starke JR,Dreyer Z,Louis PT,Kirkpatrick JB

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system manifestations of acute myeloid leukemia are rare at presentation. Acute cranial nerve findings on neurologic examination can be indications for brain imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging can highlight cranial nerves emerging from the brainstem, particularly if they are gadolinium-enhanced or thi...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Mott J,Carlson MD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL) are heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorders. A better understanding of genotype-phenotype-histology correlation is expected to improve patient care and enhance understanding for phenotypic variability. This meta-analysis studies the correlation of NCL genotypes with cli...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Aungaroon G,Hallinan B,Jain P,Horn PS,Spaeth C,Arya R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the spectrum of possible abnormal neurologic outcomes in term infants with intrapartum asphyxia and to identify those clinical factors associated with the later occurrence of cerebral palsy. All children with term intrapartum asphyxia encountered in a single pediatric neurolog...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Al-Macki N,Miller SP,Hall N,Shevell M

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The sarcoglycan alpha gene, also known as the adhalin gene, is located on chromosome 17q21; mutations in this gene are associated with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D. We describe two Turkish siblings with findings consistent with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D. The evaluation excluded a dystr...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Diniz G,Tosun Yildirim H,Akinci G,Hazan F,Ozturk A,Yararbas K,Tukun A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A canine gliosarcoma model was used to study the effectiveness of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with gadolinium contrast enhancement in defining the histologic margins of brain tumors. The effectiveness of this technique was compared to conventional computed tomography (CT) using iodinated contrast enhancement. Cul...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Whelan HT,Clanton JA,Wilson RE,Tulipan NB

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In children, multiple sclerosis is rare and has some clinical and paraclinical differences compared with adults. The assessment of corticospinal motor tracts is expected to be relevant because of their frequent early involvement in this disease. Reported are the results of transcranial magnetic stimulation in two chil...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Dan B,Christiaens F,Christophe C,Dachy B

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus causes a severe meningoencephalitis with high morbidity and mortality. Despite numerous clinical reports of EEE, there are only 11 patients in whom cranial computed tomographic (CT) findings are described. In 6 patients, CT was normal and in 5 patients diffuse edema was present;...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Morse RP,Bennish ML,Darras BT

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this study, we aimed to determine the serum, urine, and saliva levels of acyl ghrelin, des-acyl ghrelin, and obestatin in the newly diagnosed idiopathic generalized pediatric epilepsy patients in the pretreatment period and in the third month of valproic acid. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Thirty pre- and post-...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Taskin E,Atli B,Kiliç M,Sari Y,Aydin S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal group B streptococcus meningitis causes neurologic morbidity and mortality. Cerebrovascular involvement is a common, poorly studied, and potentially modifiable pathologic process. We hypothesized that imaging patterns of focal brain infarction are recognizable in neonatal group B streptococcal meningitis. A c...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Hernández MI,Sandoval CC,Tapia JL,Mesa T,Escobar R,Huete I,Wei XC,Kirton A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychogenic seizures or psychogenic nonepileptic seizures occur in various mental disorders. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms can also imitate epileptic partial seizures, but detailed observations of this phenomenon are rare in the literature. A girl of 13 years was referred to the Department of Child Psychiatry because ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Wolańczyk T,Bryńska A

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relatively high incidence of persistent post-traumatic headache and vertigo in children and adolescents presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. It is often difficult to differentiate between functional complaints generated by psychological trauma or compensation-seeking and symptoms reflecting an organic ...

journal_title：Pediatric neurology

authors： Eviatar L,Bergtraum M,Randel RM

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00