ABSTRACT

Paraplegia is a loss of movement and/or sensation of the two legs, and organic and psychiatric causes are involved in its etiology. In this article, a 14-year-old girl with sudden loss of power in the lower extremity and loss of sensation and related complaints, who was admitted to the emergency department and followed up in terms of organic etiology, was presented. She was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and conversion disorder (CD) by childhood mental health unit and she did not have any organic pathology in the results of physical examination. It is desirable to emphasize that CD may be a rare finding in children and adolescents with paraplegia. In addition, it should be considered that the evaluation and follow-up processes of such cases should be addressed in a multidisciplinary approach by child health and children’s mental health unit.