Acute necrotizing encephalopathy: Case report

Abstract

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a very rare disease in childhood. Most of the cases have been reported from far Eastern countries, and rarely from Western countries. The clinical course of ANE is rapidly progressive. The clinical features consist of hyperpyrexia, convulsions, recurrent vomiting and coma. Most of the patients die within a few days or result in severe neurological sequel. It is characterized with multifocal symmetrical and necrotic lesions in the central nervous system. We presented a 3 years 6 months old male with clinical and radiological findings of ANE in this case report. Copyright © 2012 by Türkiye Klinikleri.