Acute necrotizing encephalopathy with organic psychosis: a pediatric case report.

CONCLUSION: Thalamic damage occurs during the Enteroviruses-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy and it can be related psychiatric sympthoms. Clinicians should be aware of uncommon presentations of ANE, and patients with thalamic damage should be followed for neuropsychiatric manifestations. Early recognition and appropriate treatment of ANE is important to obtain favorable outcomes. PMID: 32419427 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics - May 20, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Orgun LT, Arhan E, Aydın K, Torun YT, Güney E, Serdaroğlu A Tags: Turk J Pediatr Source Type: research