THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PANDAS SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT
https://doi.org/10.17650/2073-8803-2014-9-3-48-50
Abstract
This paper describes a case of PANDAS in a 12-year-old girl. The unusual clinical manifestations and course of the disease as long-term sneezing attacks make the diagnosis of the syndrome difficult. Long-term video-assisted electroencephalographic monitoring, brain magnetic resonance imaging, and blood biochemical tests could define the nature of the condition. Antibiotic therapy and intravenous immunoglobulin could achieve remission. Further investigations are needed to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotics and intravenous immunoglobulin in this syndrome.
About the Authors
V. I. Kharitonov
Psychiatry Territorial Medical Association, Kiev, Ukraine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yu. M. Vinnik
Kiev City Clinical Hospital One, Ukraine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
G. I. Selyukov
Department of Psychiatry and Narcology, A.A. Bogomolets National Medical University, Kiev, Ukraine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Kharitonov V.I., Vinnik Yu.M., Selyukov G.I. THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PANDAS SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT. Russian Journal of Child Neurology. 2014;9(3):48-50. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17650/2073-8803-2014-9-3-48-50
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