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A 47-year-old gentleman with a medical history of long-standing migraine presented with temporary total body paralysis and expressive aphasia for 4 h. It was also associated with worsening severe unilateral pulsating pain, nausea, photophobia, blurred vision, hearing disturbance and neck stiffness.
We report a case of aphasia after neck clipping of a ruptured aneurysm at the origin of the duplicated middle cerebral artery(DMCA). A 60-year-old woman had a sudden onset of headache and nausea. A computed tomography(CT)scan revealed diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage. Head three-dimensional CT
Cavernous malformations (CMs) located at the foramen of Monro (FM) are relatively rare benign vascular malformations. Knowledge of FM CM is poor. The aims of this study were to describe the incidence, clinical presentation, radiological features, surgical approaches, and neurological outcomes for FM
BACKGROUND
A good performance status at diagnosis is a prognostic factor in patients with malignant glioma whose median survival is 24 months. As early diagnosis may improve their poor prognosis, we looked for currently unknown initial symptoms among patients in good performance status.
METHODS
We
The clinical and pathologic features of 15 new cases of the uncommon primary or granulomatous angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) are described. To date, only 108 such cases have been reported in the English literature. Clinically, most PACNS patients have been young or middle-aged (mean
A 65-year-old woman suddenly developed severe headache with nausea. Computed tomographic scans revealed a diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage with thick hematoma of the left ambient cistern. Cerebral angiogram did not show any aneurysm. On the 7th day after admission, 3D-CT angiogram showed an aneurysm
Palinacousis (auditory perseveration) is a rarely reported symptom of temporal lobe dysfunction. We describe a new case. A 50-year-old woman presented with nausea, vomiting, and global dysphasia, followed by two generalized seizures. Examination was otherwise normal, and computed tomography showed a
A 52-year-old male on chronic prednisone for polymyalgia rheumatica presented with a subacute history of headaches, nausea, phonophobia, intermittent diplopia and gait instability. He was hospitalized 2 weeks prior to presentation with extensive evaluations only notable for leptomeningeal
OBJECTIVE
To explore the types and clinical characteristics of traumatic subdural hydroma (TSH).
METHODS
One hundred and ninety-two cases of TSH were classified into four types: The types of resolution, steadiness, development and evolution on the basis of their clinical characteristics and dynamic
Aneurysm of the vein of Galen is a very rare disease. The authors present a case of secondary aneurysm of the vein of Galen which was confirmed by characteristic clinical symptoms, brain CT and angiographic findings. The patient was a 14-year-old right handed girl with intermittent headache, nausea,
Aplastic or twig-like middle cerebral artery(Ap/T-MCA)is a rare congenital anomaly, and several cases of ruptured cerebral aneurysm associated with Ap/T-MCA have been reported. Recently, the association of ring finger protein 213(<i>RNF213</i>)mutations with moyamoya disease has been
In this study, a total of 17 adult patients ((> or =18 years old; 12 male, 5 female) with encephalitis followed up in neurology and infectious diseases clinics of Trace University Hospital between the years 2000-2005 were retrospectively analyzed. The most common signs and symptoms were confusion
Thirty-four patients were submitted to the conventional cervical myelography by administration of metrizamide (Amipaque) through three routes (lumbar 23, suboccipital 6, C1-C2 lateral 5). After the injection of metrizamide (4-11 ml, 170-250 mgI/ml), all procedures of the cervical myelography were
OBJECTIVE
To report new disease components in a unique myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) family previously described by us in which all affected members also had a sensorimotor neuropathy that co-segregated with markers flanking the DM1 locus.
METHODS
Clinical observations, electrophysiology,
A case of a 37-year-old man with urinary retention secondary to aseptic meningitis is described. He was admitted to our hospital with complaints of fever, nausea, headache, and gait disturbance. He had begun treatment 1 week previously for high fever, headache and joint pain at an outpatient