Journal of Pediatric Neurology and Neuroscience Current Issue

Case Report | 10.36959/595/437 Volume 5 Issue 2

Transverse Myelitis Secondary to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Pediatric Patient

Authors: Luis Del Carpio-Orantes, Bernardo Ramírez-Orantes, Carlos Humberto Aguilar-Arguello, Gonzalo Antonio Neme Díaz and Pablo Valladares-Sánchez

The clinical case of an 11-year-old male patients presented, treated at the Internal Medicine Service of the Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad del Niño Dr. Rodolfo Nieto Padrón, Tabasco for pre... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/595/436 Volume 5 Issue 2

Febrile Coronavirus and Autism

Authors: Gary Steinman and David Mankuta

A number of reports have pointed to the apparent relationship between reduced IGF1 in pregnancies and the development of autism in the offspring. Fever due to inflammatory processes in the gravida eme... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/435 Volume 5 Issue 2

CD59 Deficiency in Two Bahraini Children: Clinical Profile and Outcome

Authors: Ayman Khalil Ali and Fatema Naser Alfayez

CD59 is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder characterized by various clinical manifestations including hemolytic anemia, neurological deficit due to recurrent stroke and chronic inflammatory dem... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/433 Volume 5 Issue 2

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient with SARS-CoV-2 Infection

Authors: Anita Mathew, DO, Richard Sultan, DO and Zelda J Ghersin, MD

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical syndrome associated with certain underlying conditions or medications, with a spectrum of neurologic findings and characteristic neuro... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/432 Volume 5 Issue 2

Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury without Neuroimaging Abnormality (SCIWNA): A Clinico-Radiological Conundrum

Authors: Kamer Singh Rana, MD (Paed), Jyotindra Narayan Goswami, MD (Paed), DNB (Paed), DM (Paed Neurology), MNAMS and Dinesh Sareen, MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)

‘Spinal Cord Injury Without Neuroimaging Abnormality’ (SCIWNA) is a clinico-radiological entity characterized by clinical markers of traumatic myelopathy without neuroimaging evidence of spinal in... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/431 Volume 5 Issue 2

Intracranial and Ocular Abnormalities in a Child with Neurodevelopmental Delay

Authors: Meghna Rajaprakash, MSc, MD, Jessica Heymans, BA and Erick Sell, MD

A patient with neurodevelopmental delay and an unremarkable prenatal and birth history presented postnatally with congenital cataracts and neuroanatomical abnormalities including periventricular calci... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/595/430 Volume 5 Issue 2

Childhood Epileptic Encephalopathy in Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria

Authors: MM Ahmad and H Ahmed

Pediatric epileptic encephalopathies comprises a group of severe childhood epilepsy syndromes characterized by refractory seizures associated with progressive cerebral dysfunction, manifesting as cogn... Read more

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Research Article | 10.36959/595/429 Volume 5 Issue 2

Prevalence and Patterns of Psychosocial Problems among Adolescents with Epilepsy in Enugu, Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study

Authors: Chukwubike Onyebuchi Nnajekwu, MBBS, FMC Paed, Uchenna Chiagoziem Nnajekwu, MBBS, FMC Paed, Anthony Nnaemeka Ikefuna, MBBS, FMC Paed, FRCP and Ngozi Chinyelu Ojinnaka, MBBS, FWACP, MPH

The prevalence of psychosocial problems was significantly higher in the adolescents with epilepsy compared to the apparently healthy controls. Externalising problems were the most common pattern obser... Read more

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Short Report | 10.36959/595/428 Volume 5 Issue 2

Antenatal Counselling in Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability: Case Series

Authors: Reema Bhatt, MD(Pediatrics), DNB (Pediatrics), DM(Pediatric Neurology), MNAMS, Ratna Dua Puri, MD(Pediatrics), DM(Medical Genetics), and Jyotindra Narayan Goswami, MD(Pediatrics), DNB(Pediatrics), DM (Pediatric Neurology), MNAMS

Intellectual disability and developmental delay are common presentations encountered in pediatric clinical practice. The etiologies of these illnesses are diverse. Subtle clinical markers may act as p... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/427 Volume 5 Issue 2

Guillain-Barré Syndrome Triggered by COVID-19: A Pediatric Case Report and Literature Review

Authors: Anthony Declusin, MD, Laura Bricklin, MD, Melisa Tanverdi, MD, Andrew White, MD, Michelle Brajcich, MD, John Szigety, MD, Lauren DiSalvo, DO, Nicholas Breitnauer, MD, Nicholas Stence, MD, William Mundo, MPH, and Padmini Palat, MD, MPH

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with a variety of neurologic manifestations, including Guillain- Barré syndrome (GBS), but few pediatric cases have been reported. We would lik... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/426 Volume 5 Issue 2

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Caused by Autonomic Dysreflexia in an Adolescent after Spinal Cord Injury

Authors: Javid Sardarzada, Sibel Öz, Dilara Mat, İbrahim Öncel, Ali Düzova and Banu Anlar

The posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-radiological entity caused by impairment of cerebral autoregulation leading to vasogenic edema. Common etiologies include immunosup... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/425 Volume 5 Issue 2

Reversible MRI Changes in the Splenium Related to Recent Cessation of Antiepileptic Medications

Authors: McLaren J, Misra A and Chu CJ

A 21-year-old male with history of refractory epilepsy presented for long-term video EEG monitoring. His home antiepileptic medications were weaned off over a seven-day period. On hospital day 4, he h... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/424 Volume 5 Issue 2

Reversible Signal Abnormalities in Bilateral Dentate Nuclei Secondary to Isoniazid Neurotoxicity

Authors: CaragherS, McLaren J and Balaban D

An 11-year-old Colombian female on isoniazid for recently diagnosed latent tuberculosis presented to the emergency department after a first-time, generalized tonicclonic seizure. She exhibited mild bi... Read more

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Letter to Editor | 10.36959/595/423 Volume 5 Issue 2

Tourette Syndrome Mimic: An Atypical Presentation of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

Authors: Sandeep Paimode, MD and Jyotindra Narayan Goswami, MD, DNB, DM, MNAMS

A 10.5-year-old girl presented with abnormal movements and behavioural problems for three months. Initially she used to have lip-twitching and eye-blinking when awake. After six weeks, she started hav... Read more

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Case Report | 10.36959/595/422 Volume 5 Issue 2

Encephalopathy and Cytotoxic Lesion of the Corpus Callosum Associated with Cytokine Storm in COVID-19: A Case Report

Authors: Duyu A Nie, MD, PhD

The neurological complications and neuroradiological spectrum of the SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19 disease) in pediatric patients are increasingly recognized, however, the pathophysiology of the cent... Read more

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