TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute onset altered mental status in a previously healthy teenager
AU - Akbary, Silvija
AU - Kannikeswaran, Nirupama
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Evans syndrome is a rare disease characterized by autoimmune hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. Its initial presentation with intracranial hemorrhage is rare. We report a case of a 12-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with altered mental status secondary to an intracranial hemorrhage and later diagnosed to have Evans syndrome.
AB - Evans syndrome is a rare disease characterized by autoimmune hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia. Its initial presentation with intracranial hemorrhage is rare. We report a case of a 12-year-old girl who presented to the emergency department with altered mental status secondary to an intracranial hemorrhage and later diagnosed to have Evans syndrome.
KW - Evans syndrome
KW - altered level of consciousness
KW - intracranial hemorrhage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859629387&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31824d9d3f
DO - 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31824d9d3f
M3 - Article
C2 - 22472657
AN - SCOPUS:84859629387
SN - 0749-5161
VL - 28
SP - 376
EP - 379
JO - Pediatric Emergency Care
JF - Pediatric Emergency Care
IS - 4
ER -