how to cite this article: barzegar m, sayadnasiri m, tabrizi a. epilepsy as a rare neurologic manifestation of oculodentodigitalis dysplasia. iran j child neurol 2012; 6(3): 39-43. oculodentodigitalis dysplasia (oddd) is an extremely rare inherited disorderinvolving the development of the face, eyes, teeth and limbs. in addition,some patients develop neurological problems mostly a spastic parap...

Neurologic deficits following acute anoxic insults are well recognised. However, severe neurologic dysfunction may be a delayed postanoxic manifestation.'`3 These are of importance due to their rare occurrence, distinctive clinical and pathologic features, and spontaneous resolution in the majority of cases.2 Most of these delayed post-anoxic neurologic sequelae have been described following ca...

BACKGROUND Many previous studies have endeavored to find appropriate means to reduce the occurrence of neurologic manifestations in patients with infective endocarditis (IE). We evaluated patients with IE-associated neurologic complications and compared them with patients with IE who did not have neurologic symptoms. Particular attention was focused on assessing the impact of cardiac surgery an...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection causes numerous non-opportunistic as well as opportunistic neurologic illnesses. Neurologic manifestations include Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS) which may present atypically. In areas endemic for HIV, the manifestation of GBS with a motor syndrome and axonal neuropathy is not uncommon. We report a 36-year-old man who presented with a subacute limb we...

Hepatitis C virus infection is an emerging disease and a public health problem in the world. There are accumulating data regarding extra hepatic manifestation of HCV, such as rheumatologic manifestations, endocrine, hematologic, dermatologic, renal, neurologic, and systemic manifestations. The therapy of them needs more attention to some exacerbations of extra hepatic manifestation and in some ...

Neurologic symptoms secondary to a paraneoplastic syndrome may be the presenting manifestation of a previously undiagnosed cancer, and alertness to these syndromes may provide an opportunity for early detection and treatment of a cancer. Paraneoplastic weakness is a rare manifestation of renal cell carcinoma and may present with variable electrophysiological features. We present a case of a pat...

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...

BACKGROUND Neurologic impairment is not considered a clinical manifestation of diskitis in children and has seldom been associated with it in the medical literature. OBJECTIVE To describe neurologic findings and their implications in children with diskitis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective medical records review of children discharged with a diagnosis of diskitis between January 1992 and December...