Arash Rezai Shahmirzadi - Medical Student, Student Research committee, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
Seyed Ahmad Hosseini - Medical Student, Student Research committee, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
Fatemeh Sadat Tabatabaei - Medical Student, Student Research committee, School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
Mohammad Hadi Molseghi - Student Research committee, Clinical Research Development Unit (CRDU), Sayad Shirazi Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.

Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy in childhood (ANEC) is kind of fast growing illness accompanied with progressive Encephalopathy. It can be diagnosed by bilateral symmetrical lesions predominantly observed in thalami brainstem of infants children. The aim of this article is to report rare case of ANEC in 4-year-old boy with bilateral thalamic necrosis and nonfatal outcome.

ANEC; Encephalopathy; Thalamus; Brain Stem