BACKGROUND Fracture-dislocations of the thoracic spine without spinal cord injury are very rare. CASE PRESENTATION A 35-year-old woman presented to our emergency department with complete T6-7 fracture-dislocation without any neurological loss had undergone a surgical reduction and fixation. CONCLUSIONS The radiological severity of fracture-dislocation pattern doesn't correlate sometimes wit...

Celiac disease is associated with multiple extraintestinal presentations, including bone disease, endocrine disorders and neurological deficits. We report a 9 year old girl with celiac disease presenting with recurrent Guillain Barre syndrome (third episode). There was no other clinical manifestation except for refractory iron deficiency anemia. Molecular mimicry explaining the association betw...

Chorea may occur as a neurological manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus and is often associated with detection of antiphospholipid antibodies. No evidence of chorea as a sign of lupus activity has been established. We describe a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus associated with antiphospholipid antibodies who developed chorea, which has been considered a sign of lupus activity.

Pulmonary tumor embolism (PTE) is a rare manifestation of cancer. It is characterized by the presence of tumor cell emboli in the pulmonary arterioles and capillaries leading to an elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance. The ante-mortem diagnosis is difficult. We report a case of PTE associated with recurrent breast cancer that presented with neurological symptoms due to paradoxical cerebra...

Introduction Childhood primary angiitis of the central nervous system (cPACNS) is an inflammatory disease involving small and medium-large size brain vessels with variable clinical presentation. Clinical symptoms range from headache, cognitive impairment, hemiplegia, language deficit to seizures and status epilepticus. However, it remains unclear if the type of initial manifestation/symptoms pr...

Neuropsychiatric complications in Enteric fever are not uncommon, however cerebellar ataxia as an isolated manifestation is very rare. A 12 year old boy presenting with fever and cerebellar symptoms was diagnosed with Enteric fever. After starting a course of intravenous antibiotics and steroids, he became afebrile and neurological symptoms abated with no residual effects after four weeks.

Mitochondria play essential role in eukaryotic cells including in the oxidative phosphorylation and generation of adenosine triphosphate via the electron-transport chain. Therefore, defects in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) can result in mitochondrial dysfunction which leads to various mitochondrial disorders that may present with various neurologic and non-neurologic manifestations. Mutations in th...

Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis of worldwide distribution. It is uncommon for leptospirosis to present as a primary neurological disease. In this study of patients who presented with an acute neurological disease, and who were subsequently found to have leptospirosis, aseptic meningitis was the commonest manifestation. The other presentations were myeloradiculopathy, myelopathy, Guillain...

HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP) is the most common neurological manifestation of HTLV-I, causing progressive weakness, sensory disturbance, and sphincter dysfunction. Although motor disorders have been well described, few studies have associated cognitive disorders and HTLV-I infection. In areas endemic for HTLV-I infection, the differential diagnosis between HAM/TSP and other myelopathy...

Catatonic states do not always signify a psychiatric illness and may be a manifestation of an tmderlying medical or neurological illness. To assume that a patient who presents with a catatonic disorder must have exclusively a psychiatric disorder can lead to errors in diagnosis and management. Obvious physical illnesses such as epilepsy are easy to recognize but many subtle one? give rise to di...