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We report a 5-year-old girl who developed repeated episodes of behavioral alterations shortly after human parvovirus B19 infection and uveitis. Video-electroencephalographic study demonstrated that these brief episodes were frontal lobe seizures. Seizures responded promptly to antiepilepsy
A peculiar form of sclerodermia is described in a 10 year girl. Initially, the disease pronounced itself with focal epileptic spells involving lated the focal sclerodermia and facial hemiatrophy. The peculiar feature of the case is the bilateral uveitis and subclinical serose meningitis. Brain CT
This article presents a case of bilateral posterior dislocations of the crystalline lens in a patient with epilepsy who presented with reduced vision and anisocoria 2 weeks after having sustained head injuries during a seizure. The possibility of lens dislocation was raised only at this time, and
OBJECTIVE
The immunosuppressant cyclosporine is widely used to treat Behçet's disease (BD). The aim of this study was to determine whether cyclosporine increases the risk of neurological involvement in BD.
METHODS
Patient files from the Ophthalmology Department for the period 2000-2005 were screened
We report the longitudinal history of a 48-year-old, right-handed woman with Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) who presented with seizures and cerebral atrophy confined to the left hemisphere, as well as with bilateral uveitis, during her 21-year disease course. Neurological symptoms included recurrent
Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a disorder characterized by drug-resistant seizures and progressive unihemispheric atrophy, hemiparesis, and varying degrees of cognitive decline. The pathophysiology of RE remains elusive, with hypotheses suggesting underlying autoimmune- and T cell-mediated
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of lamotrigine-induced tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU)-atypical Cogan syndrome.
METHODS
Case report.
RESULTS
A 16-year-old boy with traumatic brain injury and seizures presented to the emergency department with facial swelling, rash, and back pain several
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a rare, life-threatening multi-system adverse drug reaction characterized by febrile skin rash, hematologic abnormalities, and involvement of internal organs. We report a case of DRESS syndrome in a child OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the intermediate-term safety and effectiveness of interferon alpha-2a (IFNalpha2a) in patients with Behçet's uveitis (BU) refractory to corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents.
METHODS
Open, nonrandomized, uncontrolled, interventional, prospective
Two siblings with ophthalmic findings, psychomotor retardation, somnolence, and seizures underwent diagnostic studies, genetic investigations, ultrasonography, biomicroscopy, and posterior and anterior optical coherence tomography. Both siblings experienced eye problems at different times from the
A patient with localized scleroderma of the head, uveitis, and Raynaud's phenomenon presented with generalized seizures, spastic hemiparesis, and local IgG production in the cerebrospinal fluid. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed progressive cortical and subcortical brain parenchymal lesions mainly
Two horses, a 16-year-old male Holsteiner and a 5-year-old male miniature horse, were diagnosed with halicephalobiasis at the California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System, San Bernardino Branch, in April and June of 1998. Over a period of 4 weeks, the Holsteiner horse developed renal
A 57-year-old man suffered a generalized seizure. Brain MRI showed a Gadolinium (Gd) enhanced lesion with massive edema in the left frontal lobe. He received in a brain biopsy a diagnosis of ganglioglioma, probable. After two weeks from the biopsy, brain MRI showed spontaneous remmision of the
A case of scleroderma 'en coup de sabre' presenting with uveitis, predominantly posterior, and intractable grand mal seizures is described. The histopathology specimens and neuroradiology investigations reaffirm the clinical impression that inflammation is not solely confined to the skin in this
We present a rare case of a 4-year-old girl suffering from a sclerotic lesion on the forehead as well as uveitis and epileptic seizures. The patient was diagnosed with linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" (LSECDS). Faced with no gold standard for treatment of LSECDS with severe extracutaneous