Çocukluk çağının nadir bir hastalığı; alternan hemipleji Olgu Sunumu

Year 2005, Volume: 40 Issue: 1, 44 - 45, 01.03.2005

Burak Tatlı Ömer Kılıç Hakan Gedik Nur Aydınlı Mine Çalışkan Meral Özmen

Abstract

Alternan hemipleji nadir görülen üst ekstremiterde daha belirgin olan hemipleji distoni atakları ile seyreden bir çocukluk çağı hastalığıdır 15 aylık erkek hasta ilk kez 11 aylık iken sol kolunu kullanmama yakınması nedeni ile başvurmuştu Üç gün içinde şikayetleri gerileyen hastanın ataklarının her iki üst ekstremitede tekrarlaması üzerine alternan hemipleji tanısı konuldu Anahtar Kelimeler: alternan hemipleji non epileptik paroksismal sütçocukluğu

Keywords

alternan hemipleji, non epileptik paroksismal, sütçocukluğu

A rare disease during childhood; alternating hemiplegia Case Report

Abstract

Alternating Hemiplegia is a rare childhood disease characterized by the hemiplegia and dystonic attacks especially on the upper extremities A 15 month old male patient had been admitted for the first time for left arm plegia at the age of eleven months 3 days later his complaints had disappeared But as the same attacks on both upper extremities had recurred the patient was diagnosed as alternating hemiplegia Key words: alternating hemiplegia childhood nonepileptic paroxsymal

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