- Case Report
- A case of idiopathic isolated hypoglossal nerve palsy in a Korean child
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Ji Hoi Yoon, Kyung Lae Cho, Hae Jung Lee, Seo Hui Choi, Kyung Yul Lee, Sung Koo Kim, Jun Hwa Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(12):515-517. Published online December 31, 2011
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Hypoglossal nerve palsy (HNP) is an uncommon neurological abnormality that can provoke characteristic clinical signs, including unilateral atrophy of the tongue musculature. We present the case of a healthy 11-year-old Korean male who was admitted to the outpatient department of our institution with acute onset dysarthria, tongue fasciculations, and right-sided tongue weakness upon awakening. His evaluation included a virology work-up,... |
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- A Korean familial case of hereditary complement 7 deficiency
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Moon Kyu Ki, Kyung Yul Lee, Jun Hwa Lee
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(6):721-724. Published online June 15, 2009
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Meningococcal infections can be associated with abnormalities of the complement system, which contains 5 terminal complement proteins. Furthermore, deficiencies in 1 of these 5, complement component 7 (C7), leads to the loss of complement lytic function, and affected patients show increased susceptibility to recurrent meningococcal meningitis and systemic Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection. In September 2003, an 11-year-old female patient presented at... |
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