[A case of acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood with a good outcome].
We experienced a case of acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood with a good outcome. The disease continued for about three weeks, and the patient recovered with a sequela of mild left-hemiparesis. On the brain magnetic resonance imaging, abnormal intensity areas in the thalamus and putamen reduced size at an early stage of the disease. After 1 year, his mental and motor development seemed to be almost normal, but brain single photon emission computed tomography and electroencephalography were abnormal. Subclinical functional abnormalities persisted longer than had been expected.
Department of Pediatrics, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka.
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Saito
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Chikumaru
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Koriyama
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Yoshioka
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Tamai
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Funato
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Morikawa
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Kang
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