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http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2012.55.9.354

Neuro-Behçet disease presented diplopia with hemiparesis following minor head trauma  

Choi, Ja-Yun (Department of Pediatrics, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
Park, Sun-Young (Department of Pediatrics, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
Hwang, In-Ok (Department of Pediatrics, CHA Gumi Medical Center)
Lee, Young-Hwan (Department of Pediatrics, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.55, no.9, 2012 , pp. 354-357 More about this Journal
Abstract
Behçet disease (BD) is rare in childhood. We report a 9-year-old boy with neuro-Behçet disease who presented diplopia and weakness on the left side after a cerebral concussion. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed hyperintensity of the right mesodiencephalic junction on T2-weighted and fluid attenuated inversion recovery images. Prednisolone administration resulted in complete remission and normalization of abnormal MRI finding. Brain MRI is a useful diagnostic tool when the neurological sign is the first symptom of subclinical BD.
Keywords
Neuro-Behcet disease; Cerebral concussion; Child;
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