Acute necrotizing encephalopathy.
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANEC) is a rare disease well recognized in Japan but has not yet been reported from Indian subcontinent. We describe here a case of ANEC with the neuroimaging findings. P. vivax infection was detected as an associated finding and the treatment given.
Yadav
Sucheta
S
Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
Das
Chandan Jyoti
CJ
Kumar
Vikram
V
Lodha
Rakesh
R
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D004684:Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000175:diagnosis; D010966:Plasmodium vivax / Q000302:isolation & purification