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Richard S. K. Young, MD; Karen W. Phelan, MD; Ralph A. Lehman, MD; Joseph W. Depenbusch, MD; Javad Towfighi, MD; William A. Weidner, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1984;138(2):166-167.

Abstract
• Brain-injured children who progress from coma to a sleeplike state of akinetic mutism are often misinterpreted by their parents as having improved. In children with akinetic mutism caused by extensive destruction of the cerebral gray matter, the computed tomographic scan may demonstrate the irreversible nature of the pathologic changes.

(AJDC 1984;138:166-167)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Drs Young and Phelan), Pathology (Drs Depenbusch and Towfighi), Surgery (Dr Lehman), and Radiology (Dr Weidner), The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, PO Box 850, Hershey, PA 17033 (Dr Young).

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