ACUTE ALTERNATING HEMIPLEGIA - A CASE-REPORT

Acute alternating hemiplegia in childhood is a rare disorder character ized by onset before 18 months of age and frequent attacks of alternat ing paralysis. In this case report, a 20-month-old boy having the diag nosis of acute alternating hemiplegia is presented. The diagnosis was based on clinical features. The frequency and severity of the hemipleg ic attacks decreased following flunarizine therapy. In this case, cere bral perfusion was investigated during ictal and interictal periods. T c-99m HMPAO-Brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) r evealed normal cerebral perfusion in ictal periods and hypoperfusion i n interictal periods.