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When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report

We present a one-year old, developmentally normal toddler from a non Agarwal community, who presented to us with only a large head. The examination findings were unremarkable except a large head circumference. Neuroimaging confirmed the diagnosis of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC). Althoug...

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Autores principales: Chandrasekar, Shyam, John, Joseph, Satapathy, Amit K., Mahapatro, Samarendra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8284232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322448
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2012_20
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description We present a one-year old, developmentally normal toddler from a non Agarwal community, who presented to us with only a large head. The examination findings were unremarkable except a large head circumference. Neuroimaging confirmed the diagnosis of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC). Although developmental delay and seizures are common manifestations in MLC, we want to highlight the fact that many children like ours may have no neurological manifestations at all which makes it necessary to do neuroimaging to establish the diagnosis and offer genetic testing for confirmation of the same.
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spelling pubmed-82842322021-07-27 When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report Chandrasekar, Shyam John, Joseph Satapathy, Amit K. Mahapatro, Samarendra J Family Med Prim Care Case Report We present a one-year old, developmentally normal toddler from a non Agarwal community, who presented to us with only a large head. The examination findings were unremarkable except a large head circumference. Neuroimaging confirmed the diagnosis of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy (MLC). Although developmental delay and seizures are common manifestations in MLC, we want to highlight the fact that many children like ours may have no neurological manifestations at all which makes it necessary to do neuroimaging to establish the diagnosis and offer genetic testing for confirmation of the same. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-06 2021-07-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8284232/ /pubmed/34322448 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2012_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Chandrasekar, Shyam
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When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report
title When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report
title_full When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report
title_fullStr When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report
title_full_unstemmed When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report
title_short When the head is big, think this too: Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. A case report
title_sort when the head is big, think this too: megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy in a toddler with only a large head. a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8284232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322448
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2012_20
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