paresis/seizures

Five young children developed slowly progressive hemiparesis as the initial manifestation of Rasmussen encephalitis (RE). Three have remained seizure free over an observational period of 1.3-1.9 years. In the remaining two patients, seizures occurred after 0.5 and 0.6 years respectively. We suggest

The medial basotemporal lobes (hippocampus, amygdala, parahippocampal gyrus) are considered to be parts of the system responsible for nonvolitional facial movements. In patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, lower facial weakness during emotional expression has been found to occur almost exclusively

Neurologic problems at high altitudes are well known. What is probably less emphasized are neurologic problems at altitude outside the setting of high-altitude cerebral edema. Because neurologic symptoms for these kinds of problems at high altitude are often transient, neuroradiologic scanning for

Anosognosia is a well-known manifestation of non-dominant parietal lobe lesions and typically lasts a few days. That anosognosia may last only a few minutes to a few hours, as observed in six patients, has not been reported. In five patients, transient anosognosia for equally brief left-sided

A cardiac myxoma is a very rare cause for a central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO). We report the case of a nine-year-old boy who had an epileptic seizure, the computer-tomographically suspected diagnosis was intracerebral granulomas of unknown etiology. Five months later he suffered an acute

Nine patients with transient hemiparesis following a febrile convulsion were part of a group of 71 patients undergoing temporal lobectomy with mesial temporal sclerosis or non-specific changes in the specimen. There was no gross evidence of additional brain damage in tests before surgery and their

Certain behaviors that occur during a complex partial seizure (CPS) are useful in lateralizing the side of seizure onset. In 5 (5.3%) of 94 consecutive patients with partial epilepsy, we observed ictal unilateral arm and hand paresis during 27 of 34 CPS. In all these seizures, this behavior occurred

We report a case of a 20-month-old girl with atypical presentation of a fairly common condition. She presented with acute onset of fever, seizures, and hemiparesis. Her cerebrospinal fluid showed total nucleated cells 10/mm3 with lymphocyte dominance. Polymerase chain reaction was negative for

A 69-year-old female with an old infarct of the left parietotemporal lobe was admitted for the evaluation of suspected painful seizures accompanying ictal paresis. The painful seizure and ictal paresis involved her right extremities without convulsions, although intermittent tremulous movements were

We report a 78-year-old woman who had an onset of convulsion and right hemiparesis at the age 77. She had been well until October 28th of 1990 when she suddenly developed a seizure starting in her right face with secondary generalization. She was admitted to Saitama Kyodo Hospital where neurologic

BACKGROUND Retrobulbar block is a local anesthetic technique widely used for intraocular surgery. Although retrobulbar anesthesia is considered to be relatively safe, a number of serious adverse events have been reported. To our knowledge, immediate onset of generalized seizures with contralateral

Febrile seizures are the most common neurological disorders in children and are among the more common symptoms that lead to an emergency department visit. Although most febrile seizures are simple and benign, these seizures can infrequently create a diagnostic dilemma. The diagnosis of cerebral

Multiple embolizations were the hallmark of the disease in an 8-year-old boy with a left atrial myxoma. Embolizations occurred initially in both hands and legs, later in the brain with generalized seizures and hemiparesis, and finally in the left eye with occlusion of the central retinal artery and

OBJECTIVE This case report describes convulsions and hemiparesis after retrobulbar injection with good outcome in a patient undergoing outpatient cryocoagulation of his right eye. METHODS We report a young man in which localized convulsions of the ipsilateral face occurred 9 minutes after

Introduction: Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is a rare event in infancy. Besides vasculopathy, thrombophilia, or cardiac disorders, cancer and chemotherapy are known predisposing factors for AIS. Leukemia can be associated with different abnormal coagulation parameters, but severe bleeding or