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[Clinical examination on localization-related epilepsies with elementary visual seizures--clinical, electroencephalographic and imaging diagnostic studies].

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The clinical, electroencephalographic and Imaging diagnostic features of the 45 patients of Localization-related Epilepsy who had elementary visual symptoms at seizure onset were investigated. There were 24 males and 21 females aged 19 to 78. Their ages at seizure onset ranged from 1 to 55 with a

Atypical transient ischemic attacks in thrombocythemia of various myeloproliferative disorders.

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Neurological symptoms of transient unsteadiness, dysarthria, dysphasia, dysbasia, transient monoor hemiparesis, hemiparesis, scintillating scotomas, amaurosis fugax, vertigo, dizziness, migraine accompaniments, syncope and seizures were the presenting manifestations of thrombocythemia in various

Neurological conditions at altitude that fall outside the usual definition of altitude sickness.

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Altitude sickness in its commonly recognized forms consists of acute mountain sickness and the two life-threatening forms, high altitude cerebral and pulmonary edema. Less well known are other conditions, chiefly neurological, that may arise completely outside the usual definition of altitude

[Cerebral cysticercosis treated with praziquantel--a case report].

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We report a patient with cerebral cysticercosis treated with praziquantel. The patient, a 30-year-old man, was admitted to our hospital with a 12-year-history of generalized convulsion. MRI of the brain showed multiple cysts and the largest one in the right frontal lobe measured 3 cm in diameter.

Possible interference between migrainous and epileptic mechanisms in intercalated attacks. Case report.

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The possibility that epileptic seizures and classic migraine episodes may occur in the same patient is discussed. The probable relationship between the neurophysiological mechanisms which underlie both types of attacks has not yet been agreed upon. The case of a young man who suffered from classic

Ictal cortical blindness with permanent visual loss.

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Cortical blindness is rarely an ictal manifestation. We report the case of a man who developed transient cortical blindness followed by permanent visual deficits during repeated partial seizures. Intermittent visual impairment began at age 14 years. After he had the first generalized seizure at age

Familial subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy of the adult form (adult Leigh syndrome).

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A family--mother and 2 sons--with a heredodegenerative neurological disease is described. The disease started with bilateral optic atrophy, central scotoma, and color blindness during the second decade. This was followed by a quiescent period until additional neurological symptoms appeared, around

Late-onset epilepsy in a surgically-treated Sturge-Weber patient.

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Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare, congenital, neurocutaneous disorder. It can be associated with a variety of symptoms including severe epilepsy. Patients often become symptomatic during childhood and the severity of the epilepsy correlates with the patient's neurological outcome. The patient

Late-life migraine accompaniments as a cause of unexplained transient ischemic attacks.

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Occasionally patients in the stroke age-bracket over 40 have unexplained transient cerebral ischemic attacks in association with normal cerebral angiograms. From this group 120 have been collected in whom the transient episodes resembled the neurological accompaniments of migraine. According to

A knockout punch: C. Miller Fisher's migraine accompaniments.

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Occasionally patients in the stroke age-bracket over 40 years have unexplained transient cerebral ischemic attacks in association with normal cerebral angiograms. From this group, 120 have been collected in whom the transient episodes resembled the neurological accompaniments of migraine. According

A central nervous system metastasis of melanoma with stroke-like onset of left-lower quadrantanopsia

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"Stroke mimics" mean diseases presenting with acute neurological impairments that are taken for stroke. Discriminating them is crucial to avoid improper treatment or delayed correct treatment. We describe a 48-year-old woman presenting with a sudden onset of scintillating scotoma and left-lower

Susceptibility-weighted imaging and computed tomography perfusion abnormalities in diagnosis of classic migraine.

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For the radiologist in the emergency department setting, the accurate diagnosis of acute neurologic change can be challenging-an incorrect or delayed diagnosis can lead to poor outcomes for the patient and potential medicolegal jeopardy. Conditions such as stroke, seizure, and infection are often

[Acute loss of vision in children].

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The differential diagnosis of acute loss of vision in children includes acute loss of vision due to retinal or optic nerve disease, and cortical blindness. The retinal disorders which may be mis diagnosed as optic neuritis include Leber neuroretinitis, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, and

Aspirin-responsive, migraine-like transient cerebral and ocular ischemic attacks and erythromelalgia in JAK2-positive essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera.

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Migraine-like cerebral transient ischemic attacks (MIAs) and ocular ischemic manifestations were the main presenting features in 10 JAK2(V617F)-positive patients studied, with essential thrombocythemia (ET) in 6 and polycythemia vera (PV) in 4. Symptoms varied and included cerebral ischemic attacks,

Optic neuritis as isolated manifestation of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis: a case report and systematic review of ocular manifestations of neoplastic meningitis.

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Introduction. Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis occurs in about 5% of cancer patients. Ocular involvement is a common clinical manifestation and often the presenting clinical feature. Materials and Methods. We report the case of a 52-year old lady with optic neuritis as isolated manifestation of

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