A 30 month old child with changed sensorium

QUESTIONS (1A) What does the MRI scan in figures 1 and 2 show? (1B) What further tests would you perform on the CSF? (2) What is the treatment and prognosis for this condition? (3) What other conditions may have a similar clinical presentation and MRI picture? Acknowledgement: We thank Dr A Rickett...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Postgraduate medical journal 2005-08, Vol.81 (958), p.e8-e8
Hauptverfasser:	Ferns, S, Adusumalli, S, Gosalakkal, J, Sridhar, A V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Central Nervous System Diseases - etiology Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated - complications Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated - diagnosis Fever - etiology Humans Male Metabolic disorders Multiple Sclerosis - diagnosis NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Self Assessment Question Sensation Disorders - drug therapy Sensation Disorders - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	QUESTIONS (1A) What does the MRI scan in figures 1 and 2 show? (1B) What further tests would you perform on the CSF? (2) What is the treatment and prognosis for this condition? (3) What other conditions may have a similar clinical presentation and MRI picture? Acknowledgement: We thank Dr A Rickett and Dr F Dickenson, consultant paediatric radiologists at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS trust, for their help with the investigations.
ISSN:	0032-5473 1469-0756
DOI:	10.1136/pgmj.2004.027789