acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood
Findings
No curated finding names acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood is a rare neurologic disease characterized by a rapid onset of seizures, an altered state of consciousness, neurologic decline, and variable degrees of hepatic dysfunction following a respiratory or gastrointesitnal infection (e.g. mycoplasma, influenza virus) in a previously healthy child. Brain MRI of patients reveals bilateral, multiple, symmetrical lesions predominantly observed in thalami and brainstem, but also in periventricular white matter and cerebellum in some cases.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0016991), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood
- Also called
- ANECisolated acute necrotizing encephalopathyisolated ANE