Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood: a severe case with fatal outcome

• Main Authors: Lee, Yee Lin, Abu Hassan, Hasyma, Ismail, Intan Hakimah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77949/1/2020042012144646_MJMHS_0455.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/77949/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/upload/dokumen/2020042012144646_MJMHS_0455.pdf

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood (ANEC) is a rare condition which is important for clinicians to recognize as it has a high mortality rate and can result in significant neurological morbidities. It presents as acute encephalopathy with radiological findings of symmetrical brain lesions...