Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy of Childhood (ANEC): A Case Report

Morteza Abouzaripour; Fardin Fathi; Bakhtyar Khosravi; Ehsan Motavasel; Ramiar Sharifi; Mohammad  Bakhtiar Hesam Shariati

doi:10.18502/acta.v60i10.11560

Morteza Abouzaripour Department of Anatomical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
Fardin Fathi Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
Bakhtyar Khosravi Department of Pediatric Neurology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
Ehsan Motavasel Faculty of Paramedicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
Ramiar Sharifi Faculty of Paramedicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
Mohammad Bakhtiar Hesam Shariati Department of Anatomical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/acta.v60i10.11560

Keywords: Complications; Encephalopathy; Thalamus; Brain; Neurological

Abstract

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is an infrequent disease in childhood with Specific clinical complications. To date, the highest incidence of this disease has been reported in East Asian children. The clinical features of the disease include convulsions, frequent vomiting, and coma. Most of these patients die within days or cause severe neurological complications. The disease is characterized by symmetric and necrotic multifunctional lesions in the thalami and brainstem. We reported a 5-year-old girl infant from Besat Hospital, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, located in west of Iran.