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AI InsightIn this paper; an 7-yearold girl who applied with CDD findings, and diagnosed with limbic encephalitis after physical examination with symptoms persisted after IVIG treatment, was reported.Although autistic symptoms due to limbic encephalitis may be rarely seen in the clinic,autistic symptoms that are particularly acute or subacute are important neurological diagnoses that should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of psychiatric patients
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Abstract
Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized asautism spectrum disorder in DSM 5 which is described by regression in the areas ofcommunication, social interaction skills and motor behavior that develop normally in the first years of life. Autoimmune limbic encephalitis occurs with clinical manifestations oflimbic system involvement such as subacute memory malformation, various neuropsychiatric symptoms, behavioral disturbances, and temporal lobe seizures. In this paper; an 7-yearold girl who applied with CDD findings, and diagnosed with limbic encephalitis after physical examination with symptoms persisted after IVIG treatment, was reported.Although autistic symptoms due to limbic encephalitis may be rarely seen in the clinic,autistic symptoms that are particularly acute or subacute are important neurological diagnoses that should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of psychiatric patients
Özet
Yaşamın ilk yıllarında normal gelişim gösteren iletişim, sosyal etkileşim becerileri ve motordavranış alanlarında gerileme ile karakterize olan çocukluk çağı dezintegratif bozukluğu(ÇÇDB), DSM 5’te otizm spektrum bozukluğu olarak tanımlanan bir nöropsikiyatrik sendromdur. Otoimmun limbik ensefalit bellek güçlükleri, davranışsal sorunlar ya da temporal bölge nöbetleri gibi limbik sistem bulguları ile seyreder. Bu makalede, ÇÇDB bulgular ilebaşvuran, incelemeler sonunda otoimmun limbik ensefalit tanısı koyulan, IVIG tedavisisonrası belirtilerinde gerileme olan 7 yaşında kız olgu bildirilmiştir. Limbik ensefalite bağlıotistik belirtiler klinikte çok ender görülebilecek bir durum olsa da özellikle akut ya da subakut başlayan otistik belirtiler ya da psikiyatrik belirtiler durumunda akılda tutulması gerekenönemli bir nörolojik tanıdır.