BACKGROUND Delusional parasitosis (DP) is an uncommon psychiatric disorder. Patients suffering from this disorder have the fixed false belief of being infested by a parasite. Because of this condition, patients mainly consult with dermatologists or general practitioners. They are often reluctant to see a psychiatrist and to take treatment with antipsychotics because of their belief. The followi...

INTRODUCTION Neurosurgical procedures for pain may be anatomic (attempting to correct the physical cause of the pain), ablative (destroying pain pathways), or augmentative (modulating the existing neurological anatomy and physiology). The available augmentative procedures, commonly referred to under the umbrella “neuromodulation,” include spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Although augmentative pro...

The study is designed to assess the frequency and severity of few dose limiting neurological adverse effects of four different schedules of FOLFOX. Patients with histologically confirmed advanced colorectal carcinoma (CRC) were included in the study. Toxicity was graded according to CTC v 2.0. The frequency of grade 3 and 4 adverse effects was comparatively assessed in each treatment arm. The d...

BACKGROUND Restricted sensory deficits along the somatotopic topography of the medial lemniscus rarely develop in medial medullary infarction. We describe a patient with medial medullary infarction who presented with dermatomal sensory deficits caused by a medial lemniscal lesion. CASE DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old man presented with sudden right-sided hemiparesis and paresthesia. He had noticed ...

The purpose of this study was to compare findings on the relationship between impacted molar roots and the mandibular canal in panoramic and three-dimensional cone-beam CT (CBCT) images to identify those that indicated risk of postoperative paresthesia. The relationship between impacted molars and the mandibular canal was first classified using panoramic images. Only patients in whom the molar ...

The patient was a 41-year-old woman with an 8-month history of insidious sharp right groin pain and paresthesia radiating distally to the medial lower leg and foot with sitting and any activity involving hip extension. She denied any clicking in her hip. She was previously diagnosed by her internal medicine physician with a femoral hernia. However, surgical correction of hernia, as well as nons...

BACKGROUND The transforaminal (TF) epidural steroid injection (ESI) is suggested as more effective than the interlaminar (IL) route due to higher delivery of medication at the anterior epidural space. However, serious complications such as spinal cord injury and permanent neural injury have been reported. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the clinical effectiveness, technical...

We present a 57-year-old male who presented a right arm paresthesia lasting for 5 minutes. Two hours later he suffered from a right faciobrachial paresthesia lasting for 10 minutes. Cranial MRI didn’t reveal ischemic lesions. The patient was discharged home with acetyl salicylic acid and atorvastatin. Three months later the patient presented two episodes of a right faciobrachial paresthesia las...