Acute infantile thalamic necrosis.
An acute encephalopathy of infancy presenting as seizures and coma following a presumably infectious disease with the distinctive finding of thalamic necrosis was recently described. The authors report a similar case in an 11-month-old infant, and discuss its possible pathogenesis.
Vieira
J P
JP
Paediatric Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa, Portugal.
Antunes
N L
NL
Gomes
A L
AL
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000209:etiology; D009336:Necrosis / Q000473:pathology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology*