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ACUTE HEMIPLEGIA IN GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE, TYPE 1
Author(s) -
FINE RICHARD N.,
PODOSIN ROBERT,
DONNELL GEORGE N.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1969.tb04771.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cortical blindness , hypoglycemia , hemianopsia , blindness , glycogen storage disease , pediatrics , electroencephalography , epilepsy , glycogen , anesthesia , ophthalmology , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , psychiatry , optometry , visual field
Summary A 21‐month‐old girl with GSD, Type 1 developed acute hemiplegia with homonymous hemianopsia following a prolonged hypoglycemic seizure. There was gradual improvement in motor function. However, the patient had subsequent episodes of transient blindness with and without seizure activity which were unrelated to hypoglycemia. Serial EEG findings suggested that the hemiplegia resulted from a vascular accident and led to neural dysfunction causing subsequent transient blindness.