title: Acute alternating hemiplegia. A case report.
abstract: Acute alternating hemiplegia in childhood is a rare disorder characterized by onset before 18 months of age and frequent attacks of alternating paralysis. In this case report, a 20-month-old boy having the diagnosis of acute alternating hemiplegia is presented. The diagnosis was based on clinical features. The frequency and severity of the hemiplegic attacks decreased following flunarizine therapy. In this case, cerebral perfusion was investigated during ictal and interictal periods. Tc-99m HMPAO-Brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) revealed normal cerebral perfusion in ictal periods and hypoperfusion in interictal periods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tekgül
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tütüncüoğlu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muhan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Duman
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005444:Flunarizine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D005444:Flunarizine