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Indian J Pediatr ; 2009 May; 76(5): 547-550
Artículo en Inglés | IMSEAR | ID: sea-142203

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All of the cases were reevaluated with systemic and neurological examinations, serologic tests, cerebrospinal fluid investigations, magnetic resonance imaging. Age ranged between 2.5 and 16 years. Five of the cases had initial infections. Patients presented most often with motor deficits (75%), secondly with loss of consciousness (33%), and seizures (33%). Spinal fluid abnormalities occurred in 41.6%. Cranial, and spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed hyperintense signal changes mainly in basal ganglia and thalamus (58%), cortical and subcortical areas (33) in T2 weighted images. Myelitis was determined in two cases. Six patients were treated with steroid, and 3 were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin. Ten patients recovered completely. We observed relapse in one case and recurrence in two cases. These cases responded well to high dose intravenous prednisolone followed by oral prednisolone for 6 months.


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Adolescente , Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico , Niño , Preescolar , Estudios de Cohortes , Imagen de Difusión por Resonancia Magnética , Diagnóstico Precoz , Encefalomielitis Aguda Diseminada/diagnóstico , Encefalomielitis Aguda Diseminada/tratamiento farmacológico , Femenino , Estudios de Seguimiento , Humanos , Inmunoglobulinas Intravenosas/administración & dosificación , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética/métodos , Masculino , Examen Neurológico/métodos , Estudios Retrospectivos , Medición de Riesgo , Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad , Punción Espinal/métodos , Resultado del Tratamiento , Turquía
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