The neurological complications of Behçet's syndrome have not been characterized with clarity. We present the clinical features, imaging characteristics and CSF findings of a series of 50 patients seen at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery over the past 10 years. In this series, vascular complications had a low prevalence, whereas involvement of the brainstem was common; spinal...

THERE have been many recent reviews of the neurological complications of Hodgkin's disease (Brit. Med. J., 1965; Hutchinson, Leonard, Maudsley and Yates, 1958; Haynal and Regli, 1964). In most of the reported cases, the diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was established before the appearance of neurological involvement. In the case reported below the mode of presentation was neurological, and the t...

Sir, the recent report on neurological complications in dengue infection is very interesting. Puccioni-Sohler et al. noted that “neurological manifestations related to dengue infections are increasingly been observed and appears as a challenge for medical practice.” We would like to share the experience on this topic. First, whether the increasing of dengue neurological manifestation is the fac...

This was a single-centre, prospective study to assess the frequency of neurological complications and their impact on prolonged hospitalization in 137 liver transplant patients presenting between September 1997 and June 2010. Neurological complications were seen in 22 (16%) patients during their postoperative stay in the intensive care unit. Complications included new-onset, recurrent headache...

The degree of asphyxia is best ascertained by measuring the amount of fetal acidosis determined by umbilical arterial blood. An umbilical arterial pH of less than 7.0 is seen in about 0.3% of deliveries.1 It indicates a severity of acidosis that places the fetus at risk for permanent neurological damage because of asphyxia. However, the outcome of infants with umbilical cord pH of less than 7.0...

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2005;58(9):1003-6 1003 Despite the advances in surgical techniques, cardiopulmonary bypass circuits and the medical treatment of patients subjected to cardiac surgery, perioperative complications involving the nervous system continue to develop and the underlying mechanisms are sometimes poorly understood. Neurological complications (NC) in these patients can affect the brain, ...

Over the years, several reports have demonstrated involvement of the nervous system in b-thalassemia patients. Neurological complications have been attributed to various factors such as chronic hypoxia, bone marrow expansion, iron overload, and desferrioxamine neurotoxicity. In most cases, neurological involvement does not initially present with relevant signs or symptoms (i.e., is subclinical)...

Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is an effective treatment for patients with recently symptomatic severe carotid stenosis and in selected patients with symptomatic moderate carotid stenosis. Carotid artery angioplasty and stenting (CAS) is emerging as an alternative to CEA, and randomised controlled trials suggest comparable efficacy to CEA in prevention of non-perioperative stroke. Neurovascular c...

OBJECTIVE To review and analyze the neurological complications from bariatric surgery in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. METHODS This cross sectional study was carried out in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from January 2009 to December 2015. Important personal and clinical data were collected from the charts of the patients who underwent bariatric surgery. Data on follo...

After bone marrow toxicity, neurological toxicities are the second most common complications of cancer. They can be observed throughout the course of the disease or even after the end of treatment. Establishing the correct diagnosis may be a challenge but is of outmost importance to minimize the risk of long-term neurological deficits and to improve the quality of life of the patients. This rev...