hypesthesia/fever

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is an uncommon entity. We report an adolescent presenting with fever and back pain beginning 3 months after a leg abscess. This case highlights several important aspects of the diagnosis and care of patients with SEA. As illustrated by this case, plain radiographs and

A 68-year-old woman presented in wintertime in a cold climate with ataxia and numbness in her legs and was found to be profoundly hypothermic in hospital. No endocrine or neurological cause for hypothermia could be distinguished. Physiological investigation, including a sympathetic release test,

UNASSIGNED A 45-year-old man with no past medical history presents with bilateral lower extremity pain and perineal numbness after walking 10-15 min. The pain starts in his bilateral buttocks and radiates down into his thigh and into his toes. He has no back pain, fever, difficulty urinating or

We report a case of an adult with dengue hemorrhagic fever who developed acute idiopathic scrotal edema and glove-and-stocking polyneuropathy. A 54-year-old man who had fever, chills, bone pain, and skin rash for 4 days was admitted. We diagnosed dengue hemorrhagic fever because of fever, gum

A pattern of neural anomaly has emerged in 10 of the 200 patients treated with ionizing external beam radiation and 915 MHz microwave induced hyperthermia for superficial malignancies. Patients report various sensations in parts of the body which not only are far removed from the treated area, but

BACKGROUND Few cases of patients with both Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS) have been reported, mainly from Turkey. Central nervous system manifestations are rare in FMF. METHODS We report the case of a 37-year-old right-handed man with FMF diagnosed at 17 the age of

A 30-year old man diagnosed with Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) 2.5 years ago presented with numbness in his left lower extremity and ataxia. Multiple sclerosis (MS) plaques were founded in his spinal and cranial MRI. The diagnosis of MS was established and steroid treatment was started. FMF and

We reported an adult case of transverse myelitis with erythema infectiosum. A 33-year-old female was admitted to Kyoto University Hospital because of a weakness in the lower extremities and "cloth-wearing" sensation of the trunk and legs. One month before admission, she became febrile and developed

We report a 62-year-old man with mild fever, headache and acute visual loss in his right eye due to anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (AION), followed a few days later by pain in the legs and left arm associated with numbness and weakness. Giant cell arteritis complicated by AION was suspected at