title: Combined Striatum, Brain Stem, and Optic Nerve Involvement due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae in an Ambulatory Child.
abstract: In children, Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis has been characterized by acute onset of an encephalopathy associated with extrapyramidal symptoms and symmetric basal ganglia with or without brain stem involvement on magnetic resonance imaging. Our case, showing unilateral optic neuritis, ophthalmoplegia, no extrapyramidal symptoms, and typical striatal involvement on magnetic resonance imaging, broadens the spectrum of varying clinical manifestations of childhood M. pneumoniae-associated encephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine and Medical Research Institute, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Hak-Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gregory Youngnam
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Eun-Joo
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kim