Cerebral and cerebellar symptoms are frequently associated with Legionnaires' disease. However, corresponding brain lesions are difficult to demonstrate using either computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We report here two patients with Legionella pneumophila pneumonia accompanied by prolonged neurologic symptoms. In contrast to brain CT and MRI, which failed to detect a...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE When medication fails to improve symptoms of atherosclerotic stenosis of the intracranial vertebral and basilar arteries, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is considered. However, because investigators disagree on the usefulness of this procedure, we conducted a retrospective study to evaluate the indications, efficacy, and safety of PTA. METHODS Twenty patien...

Enterovirus 71 frequently involves the central nervous system and may present with a variety of neurologic manifestations. Here, we aimed to describe the clinical features, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profiles of patients presenting with neurologic complications of enterovirus 71 infection. We retrospectively reviewed the records of 31 pediatric pati...

N Engl J Med 2003;349:1543-54. Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society. he term “paraneoplastic syndromes” refers to symptoms or signs resulting from damage to organs or tissues that are remote from the site of a malignant neoplasm or its metastases. Paraneoplastic syndromes can affect most organs and tissues. Widely known examples include cancer cachexia, 1 hypercalcemia, 2 Cushing’s sy...

introduction: the wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disease in which the liver, central nervous system, eyes, blood and other parts of the body involved. timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment of the disease requires awareness of the clinical presentations of this disease in children.methods: this case series study included 62 patients with wilson disease who admitted to children&apo...

Study Design: A prospective 1-year follow-up study of whiplash patients presenting with neurological signs/or symptoms (WADIII), and whiplash patients with neck pain but no neurologic findings (WADI/II). Objective: We hypothesize that WADI/II and WADIII are distinct entities, with regards to clinical presentation, pathoanatomy, and prognosis. Summary of Background Data: symptoms associated with...

Abstract We report a case of varicella zoster virus (VZV)-associated anterior uveitis in patient with weight loss, arthritis and signs inflammatory bowel disease. Her clinical course included the development thalamic stroke secondary to VZV cerebral vasculopathy. Following antiviral therapy, patient’s neurologic symptoms recovered her ophthalmic findings improved.

COVID-19 is a viral disease with different set of manifestations. However, all clinical manifestations are not occurring at the same time and some patients present an isolated or even without any specific symptoms. This besides neurologic symptoms in rare cases presents itself other such as cardiac failure. In this case, health care provider may aware situation. these situations, transmission v...

Introduction: The Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disease in which the liver, central nervous system, eyes, blood and other parts of the body involved. Timely diagnosis and appropriate treatment of the disease requires awareness of the clinical presentations of this disease in children.Methods: This case series study included 62 patients with Wilson disease who admitted to children's M...

This article presents a schematic review of the clinical manifestations of occupational neurologic disorders in Korea and discusses the toxicologic implications of these conditions. Vascular encephalopathy, parkinsonism, chronic toxic encephalopathy, cerebellar dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, and neurodegenerative diseases are common presentations of occupational neurotoxic syndromes in Kor...