INTRODUCTION Neurological involvements were shown in 20% of patients with Primary Sjogren's Syndrome (pSS). Neurological symptoms may be the first signs of pSS in 57% of the cases. In addition, early diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders may save or improve the quality of life of these cases. There have been reports about the neurologic manifestations of pSS but little is known abou...

AIMS (1) To examine the relation between neurological soft signs and measures of cognition, coordination, and behaviour in mainstream schoolchildren. (2) To determine whether high soft sign scores may predict children with significant problems in other areas. METHODS A total of 169 children aged between 8 and 13 years from mainstream schools were assessed. They form part of a larger study int...

A 32-year-old male presented with progressive pure amnesia caused by astrocytoma invading the bilateral medial temporal lobes. Methionine positron emission tomography demonstrated the extent of tumor invasion well. His memory impairment was partially improved by treatment for the astrocytoma. Lesion of the bilateral hippocampus causes memory impairment, but pure memory loss without other associ...

Objective: The relative stroke risk is increased in patients with diabetes. Awareness and knowledge of the risk factors and symptoms of stroke are essential for prevention and immediate effective treatment of stroke. The aim of the study was to determine baseline knowledge about the warning symptoms and risk factors of stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Materials and Methods: This...

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IHH) is a clinical disorder characterized by symptoms and signs of increased intracranial pressure without abnormal cerebrospinal fluid composition and structural parenchymal abnormalities (1,2). There is no related systemic disorder and its etiology is unknown yet. Patients usually present with headache, vomiting, visual loss, and diplopia. Bilateral papil...

Behçet disease (BD) is rare in childhood. We report a 9-year-old boy with neuro-Behçet disease who presented diplopia and weakness on the left side after a cerebral concussion. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed hyperintensity of the right mesodiencephalic junction on T2-weighted and fluid attenuated inversion recovery images. Prednisolone administration resulted in complete remiss...

CASE REPORT A 19 year-old boy who developed a right Horner's syndrome after a bilateral sympathectomy as a treatment for palmoplantar hyperhidrosis. DISCUSSION Horner's syndrome is defined by the occurrence of miosis, ptosis and enophthalmos as a result of involvement of sympathetic innervation. This is quite rare, but identification is very important because it may also be an ominous sign se...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the safety and effectiveness of carotid artery stenting (CAS) with proximal cerebral protection in patients showing string sign at carotid angiography. BACKGROUND Presence of string sign is a well-known factor for adverse events in patients with severe carotid artery disease undergoing CAS. METHODS We used retrospective analysis of a cohort of ...

A series of 5-carbomethoxybenzoxazole derivatives (6a-t) were prepared by using methyl-p-hydroxybenzoate. The identity of the compounds was confirmed on the basis of their elemental analysis and spectral data. In anti-MES test compounds 6b, 6d, 6h, 6j, 6m, 6p, 6q and 6s showed potent activity parallel to lipophilicity. Compounds 6b, 6d, 6k, 6n and 6s successfully passed the rotorod test without...

We report a patient with hyperosmolar non-ketotic hyperglycaemia who presented with chorea and septic arthritis on his knee. The chorea resolved completely and quickly with correction of the metabolic disturbance, only to return just as quickly when his metabolic disturbance subsequently deteriorated as a result of overwhelming septicaemia, suggesting coexisting cerebral ischaemia, although the...