A comparison of infectious and autoimmune meningoencephalitis: Clinical presentation, biochemical markers and MRI findings [2024] - 985KB
by Vinoshini Nair Sukumaran, Khairunnisa Rashid, Suhailah Abdullah, Kartini Rahmat, Khairul Azmi Abd Kadir, Norlisah Ramli
Objective: This study investigates distinguishing patterns in lesion distribution, relevant clinical presentation and biochemical markers in MRI to differentiate infective encephalitis (IE) and autoim...

Characteristics and prognosis of LGI1 antibody encephalitis [2024] - 872KB
by Ruixue Zhang, Lei Bao, Hongjuan Shi, Qingjie Li
Objectives: To investigate clinical manifestations and outcomes of patients with LGI1 autoimmune encephalitis. Methods: A total of 12 patients who were diagnosed with LGI1 autoimmune encephalitis were...

Encephalopathy with a reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum in adults [2024] - 721KB
by Gokhan OZDEMIR, Fettah EREN
Background & Objectives: Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion (MERS) is a clinical and radiological syndrome with a lesion in splenium of the corpus callosum. This lesion...

Excessive daytime sleepiness in older adults: A bibliometric and visualization analysis [2024] - 4,270KB
by Ziqian Feng, Zhuangzhuang Li, Xiaolong Qin, Jie Wan, Hong Zhao, Xue Huang
Background: To analyse the bibliometric results of a study on the research trends in excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) among older adults to provide clinicians and researchers with a better understan...

Cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CARASIL): A rare cause of ischemic stroke in young [2024] - 664KB
by Gautam B Kale, Prajnya Ranganath, Jagarlapudi M K Murthy
Cerebral autosomal recessive arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CARASIL) is the second known genetic form of cerebral small vessel disease after cerebral autosomal dominan...

Iatrogenic botulism after botulinum toxin type A: Five cases [2024] - 265KB
by Özlem Totuk, Ebru Kaya, Esra Nur Sancar, Sena Ayşe Emre, Serkan Demir
Botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) is frequently used for spasticity, focal dystonia, hemifacial spasm, hyperhidrosis, strabismus, chronic migraine and cosmetic purposes. Therapeutic use is generally safe. It ...

Exploring diagnostic and therapeutic implications of subacute lower motor neuronopathy in the setting of acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A case report [2024] - 492KB
by Xueming Li, Xiaoyan Li, Weijiang Ding
Subacute lower motor neuronopathies (SLMN) have not been previously documented in association with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). We present a case with SLMN during the remission phase of ALL. Ou...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in a myasthenia gravis patient after thymectomy: A case report and literature review [2024] - 417KB
by Yun Qian, Congguo Yin
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction in patients with myasthenia gravis is a rare and poorly understood phenomenon. We report a case coexisting with intestinal pseudo-obstruction and myasthenia gravis. The p...

Sural sparing reversible sensorimotor abnormalities in hypokalemia: A close mimic of GBS [2024] - 296KB
by Pratik Patel, Samhita Panda
Nerve conduction studies (NCS) in hypokalemic paralysis usually show decreased compound muscle action potential (CMAP) which improves with correction of hypokalemia and normalizes in between the attac...

Effective management of hip adductor spasticity: A case report on diagnostic obturator nerve block and botulinum toxin injection [2024] - 545KB
by Richard Soon Kiat Teo, John Yee Cheong, Mazlina bt Mazlan, Tze Yang Chung
It is important to distinguish spasticity from contracture in patients presenting with upper motor neuron (UMN) syndrome and restricted range of movement (ROM) because treatment strategies differ. We ...