A rare presentation of Susac syndrome: Report of three pediatric cases

Susac syndrome is a rare disorder that is clinically characterized by encephalopathy, retinopathy and hearing loss. Most of the reported cases in the literature are adult patients, pediatric presentation is extremely rare. Here we present three pediatric patients aged between 10-15; diagnosed as Sus...

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Published inMultiple sclerosis and related disorders Vol. 53; p. 103074
Main Authors Yalçınkaya, Beyza Çitçi, Ertürk Çetin, Özdem, Kılıç, Hüseyin, Demirci, Onat, Çokyaman, Turgay, Uygunoğlu, Uğur
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.08.2021
Subjects
Children
Corpus callosum
Microangiopathy
Neurology
Susac syndrome
Thalamus
Thalamus
Children
Microangiopathy
Susac syndrome
Corpus callosum
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ISSN2211-0348
2211-0356
2211-0356
DOI10.1016/j.msard.2021.103074

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Summary:Susac syndrome is a rare disorder that is clinically characterized by encephalopathy, retinopathy and hearing loss. Most of the reported cases in the literature are adult patients, pediatric presentation is extremely rare. Here we present three pediatric patients aged between 10-15; diagnosed as Susac syndrome. They all had thalamic involvement in addition to typical callosal lesions. All of the three patients had a monophasic course and good treatment response.
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ISSN:2211-0348
2211-0356
2211-0356
DOI:10.1016/j.msard.2021.103074