This retrospective study assessed the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 58 infants with infantile torticollis. Eighteen patients had nonmuscular causes of torticollis (group 1); MRI identified lesions in 16 patients. Of 40 patients with a diagnosis of congenital muscular torticollis (group 2), 28 had a normal MRI. Five patients had asymmetry of the sternocleidomastoid without noticeabl...

Introduction:. Infantile hemangioma is a prevalent tumor in children Method: This research case control study. The data from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021 were processed and presented assess the incidence percentage of risk factors for infantile hemangioma. Univariate, bivariate multivariate analysis was performed using Microsoft Excel SPSS 21 spreadsheet program. Result : Total sample t...

INTRODUCTION Infantile subglottic hemangiomas are rare causes of airway obstruction. They begin to proliferate at 1-2 months of age and can cause biphasic stridor with or without respiratory distress. Diagnosis requires direct visualization by direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy. Various therapeutic options have been utilized for treatment, including tracheotomy, open surgical excision, laser ...

In the days before widespread internet use, iPhones, and iPads, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology part II oral board examination provided a unique opportunity for examiners to meet, mingle, and network. Sometimes interesting collaborations developed. Such was the case in 1994 when we had the same hour off on Dr. Alan Percy’s child neurology team. We were discussing infantile spasms...

how to cite this article: asadi-pooya aa, sharifzade m. west syndrome in south iran: electro-clinical manifestations. iran j child neurol. 2013 summer; 7(3): 40-44. objective we aimed to determine the clinical and electroencephalographic (eeg) characteristics of the patients with west syndrome (ws) in south iran. materials & methods in this retrospective study, all patients with a clinical diag...

Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation. It is estimated that 5-13% of persons affected by DS have seizures. Infantile spasms are the most common type of seizures and usually are well controlled with steroids and antiepileptic drugs. We present 11 children at the age of 3 years and 4 months to 10 years and 7 months with DS and infantile spasms, treated at Child...

OBJECT Infantile and late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are invariably fatal lysosomal storage diseases associated with defects in lysosomal enzyme palmitoyl-protein thioesterase 1 (PPT-1) or tripeptidyl peptidase 1 (TPP1) activity. Previous preclinical studies have demonstrated that human CNS stem cells (HuCNS-SCs) produce both PPT-1 and TPP1 and result in donor cell engraftm...

OBJECTIVE Infantile Krabbe disease, a rare neurodegenerative disorder that leads to rapid demyelination, dysmyelination, and death in the first 2 years of life, is responsive to treatment with umbilical cord blood transplantation provided that the patient is treated in the first weeks of life. At present, family history is the only way to identify patients that are asymptomatic with most patien...

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) is one of the most common progressive neurodegenerative diseases seen in childhood. NCL is inherited as autosomal recessive trait, and is characterized by the accumulation of 'ceroid lipofuscin' in neuronal and extraneuronal cells. Clinical features include seizures, ataxia, myoclonus, loss of vision, and mental and motor deterioration. Although the disease ...

Introduction:  Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cause of neonatal jaundice, for which surgery is indicated. It may lead to portal hypertension and esophageal varices. Sometimes, BA is related to other congenital anomalies and malformation, while a coexistence of BA with facial hemangioma has not been reported, yet. Infantile hemangioma is a childhood benign vascular tumor. Beta bloc...