spinal epidural haemorrhage may present as back pain associated with radicular symptoms and can be a catastrophic clinical scenario with progression to paraplegia or even sudden death. being a rare entity, it needs a high index ofclinical suspicion to diagnose it. fractures have been documented as a cause of hematorrachis but such hematomas only extend to one or two vertebral segments. large ep...

Shigella toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is well known for its complications such as haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS), but neurological symptoms have also been reported. While most cases of infection with STEC occur with concurrent HUS, we describe a patient with severe neurological symptoms in the absence of HUS. LEARNING POINTS • Shigella toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are b...

Limbic encephalitis (LE) is a paraneoplastic neurological disorder in which, typically, the neurological symptoms occur before the cancer is diagnosed. We report on a 52-year-old male with LE who has depressive and anxiety symptoms. Cranial MRI revealed increased hippocampal signal intensities in both temporal lobes. Extensive range of symptoms concerning emotion, personality and social functio...

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to detect varicella-zoster virus (VZV) DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with VZV infection associated with neurological symptoms. Positive results were obtained in three of five children with post-chicken pox cerebellitis and in seven of seven herpes zoster patients with neurological symptoms. The PCR thus provides a useful tool for the ear...

PURPOSE Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and simultaneously having brain metastases at the initial diagnosis, presenting symptoms related brain metastasis, survived shorter duration and showed poor quality of life. We analyzed our experiences on surgical treatment of brain metastasis in patients with NSCLC. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a single-center, retrospective revi...

OBJECTIVE Neurological soft signs are frequently found in schizophrenia. They are indicators of both genetic liability and psychopathological symptoms. To further differentiate "trait" and "state" relations the authors compared the 1-year course of neurological soft signs in schizophrenia patients and comparison subjects. METHOD Thirty-nine patients with first-episode schizophrenia spectrum d...

Gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms can precede or be isolated manifestations of COVID-19 infection, therefore health care professionals must aware presentations, which help in identification appropriate isolation such cases.

objectives: to study the prevalence and demographic characteristics of neurological soft signs (nss) among the patients with bipolar mood disorder-i (bid). method: in a cross- sectional descriptive-analytic study we studied 20 patients with bid with bid with 20 healthy individuals. we used dsm-iv and young mania rating scale (mrs) for diagnosing and rating the patients with bid, neurological ev...

OBJECTIVE To investigate psychiatric and neurological morbidity, diagnostic stability, and indicators of prognosis in patients previously identified as having medically unexplained motor symptoms. DESIGN Follow up study. SETTING National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London--a secondary and tertiary referral hospital for neurological disorders. SUBJECTS 73 patients with medical...