Pearls and Oy-sters: Reversible iatrogenic Balint syndrome.

Pearls and oy-sters: reversible Ondine's curse in a case of lateral medullary infarction.

Ondine's curse is an eponym that refers to central alveolar apnea/hypopnea observed among patients with acquired or congenital brainstem disorders. This condition results in loss of automatic and/or voluntary respiration with characteristic polysomnographic finding of impaired ventilator responses to hypercapnia and sleep apnea, which are more pronounced during non-REM sleep, less in REM sleep,...

Pearls & oy-sters: cerebral venous air embolism after central catheter removal: too much air can kill.

Pearls & Oy-sters: cough headache secondary to Chiari malformation type I.

Understanding drug-induced parkinsonism: separating pearls from oy-sters.

Maria Victoria G. Alvarez, MD Virgilio Gerald H. Evidente, MD In 1817, James Parkinson described the shaking palsy now known as Parkinson disease (PD). Descriptions evolved until the term “parkinsonism” now refers to a syndrome characterized by the presence of tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia in addition to loss of postural reflexes and freezing. The most common cause of parkinsonism is PD. H...

Pearls and oy-sters: ictal syncope in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy.

PEARLS & OY-STERS: ICTAL SYNCOPE IN A PATIENT WITH TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY Nitin K. Sethi, New York: Varade et al. reported ictal syncope in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The MRI revealed a right temporal-occipital cavernous angioma and the seizure showed onset in the right posterior temporal electrode (T6) on EEG, all compatible with a diagnosis of symptomatic localization-relate...