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A 74-year old man was admitted after neurosurgical treatment of a lumbar vertebral fracture. He had a slight paresis of the right leg in combination with bladder dysfunction.
METHODS
There were signs of a postoperative anemia (hemoglobin 10.4 mg/dl) and mildly elevated infection parameters
In 19 children with acute infantile hemiplegia an ischemic cerebral infarct was found clinically and by serial computertomography. In 11 patients an angiography has been performed in addition. 9 of the children had chronic diseases which are known as predisposing factors for cerebrovascular disease
A 51-year-old woman with a history of asthma and Hashimoto's thyroiditis presented to the dermatology service with a chief complaint of "itchy bumpy rashes" that persisted beyond 24 hours. She noted that, 3 days prior to the onset of urticaria, a pyrroloquinoline quinone supplement had been started.
Background: Acute bilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion has rarely been reported to exhibit an improvement in prognosis. Herein, we report a case of acute bilateral ICA occlusion presenting with bilateral symmetric cortical
A 72-year-old woman was transferred to our critical care center because of transient loss of consciousness and aphasia. She had a history of abdominal pain, nausea, and atrial fibrillation, and reported on admission mild abdominal rebound tenderness, inflammatory response, acidosis and renal
BACKGROUND
We report a patient with hemolytic uremic syndrome who presented with radiological manifestations suggestive of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome.
METHODS
A 13-year-old girl presented with fever and bloody diarrhea and
BACKGROUND
In this phase 1 trial, the authors evaluated sunitinib combined with radiation therapy (RT) for the treatment of primary or metastatic central nervous system (CNS) malignancies.
METHODS
Eligible patients had CNS malignancies that required a (minimum) 2-week course of RT. Sunitinib (37.5
BACKGROUND
Cerebellar mutism in children occurs after posterior fossa tumor resection and can have lasting effects on cognition, language, and behavior. Cerebellar mutism in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is rare.
METHODS
A 7-year-old boy with a 3-day history of fever, vomiting, and diarrhea
A 29-year-old female presented with Basedow's disease manifesting as sudden vomiting, diarrhea, fever over 38 degrees C, transient aphasia, and numbness in her extremities. These symptoms were considered due to cerebral ischemia at a local clinic. Magnetic resonance angiography indicated stenosis of
We report a case of a 56-year-old man who presented initially with a sudden onset of right-sided facial droop and weakness, aphasia, and confusion with no associated fever, chills, syncope, fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, odontalgia, palpitations, cough, or dyspnea.
BACKGROUND
The management of diarrhea-associated hemolytic and uremic syndrome (D(+) HUS) with severe acute neurological involvement continues to be debated. We report on 2 cases and discuss the treatment. CASE REPORT 1: A 2.5-year-old girl presented with generalized seizures during gastroenteritis.
A 78-year-old Bulgarian woman presented to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with a diagnosis of poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma of unknown origin. The prior month she had been seen at a hospital in Bulgaria for weight loss and a right inguinal mass. NIH pathology review confirmed a