title: Bilateral basal ganglia lesions after hypoglycemic coma in a 6-year-old child.
abstract: Imaging findings of brain damage due to neonatal hypoglycemia are known; however, the effect of childhood hypoglycemia on the brain has not been described well. The authors present the case of a 6-year-old girl who had seizures secondary to hypoglycemia followed up for 1 year as epilepsy. The patient had experienced a hypoglycemic coma attack about 1 year before. Brain magnetic resonance imaging showed atrophy of the cerebrum and cerebellum and bilateral symmetrically hyperintense lesions in the putamina. The patient was diagnosed with hypoglycemia due to hyperinsulinism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Dr. Sami Ulus Children's Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cengiz
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Omer Faruk
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Belma
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Y K Yavuz
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Gürer
mesh_terms: D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods