Papers by Hussein N. Matlik
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis due to Iron Deficiency Anemia in an Adolescent Girl
Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2021
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is rare but now increasingly diagnosed in children. Early... more Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is rare but now increasingly diagnosed in children. Early diagnosis is of prime importance as any delay leads to significant mortality and morbidity. It requires a high index of suspicion to diagnose CVST early as, often, the symptoms are vague and the signs are nonspecific. Varieties of aetiologies are described for generation of cerebral venous sinus thrombus. Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most important preventable causes of CVST. The most proposed mechanism in development of CVST in iron deficiency is secondary thrombocytosis. However, we describe a case of CVST due to iron deficiency in the absence of thrombocytosis.
Pediatric Neurology, 2014
Please cite this article as: Matlik HN, Milhem RM, Saadeldin IY, Al-Jaibeji HM, Al-Gazali L, Ali ... more Please cite this article as: Matlik HN, Milhem RM, Saadeldin IY, Al-Jaibeji HM, Al-Gazali L, Ali BR, Clinical and molecular analysis of a novel COLQ missense mutation causing Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome in a Syrian family, Pediatric Neurology (2014),
Fixation-off sensitivity (FOS) is a rare phenomenon elicited by elimination of central vision and... more Fixation-off sensitivity (FOS) is a rare phenomenon elicited by elimination of central vision and fixation, which even in the presence of light induces occipital paroxysms or generalized paroxysmal discharges. It is most commonly encountered in patients with idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsies but may also be observed in cases of symptomatic focal and generalized epilepsies. We describe a female Emirati child with Panayiotopoulos syndrome who exhibited FOS in addition to the reverse phenomenon called " inverted fixation-off sensitivity, " in which the electroencephalographic discharges were suppressed by the absence of central vision or fixation and activated by central vision or fixation.
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Papers by Hussein N. Matlik