Neurologic compression is a disastrous consequence for the patients with primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) of the spine, and such a condition has not been carefully taken into account in the treatment guidelines. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy alone or combined with surgical decompression on primary NHL of the spine with neurologic compressio...

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...

scleritis is achieved through observation of sun set glow fundus and neurologic or dermatologic signs not seen in posterior scleritis. Posterior scleritis is also usually unilateral, and T-sign is a unique characteristic of this disease. Recently, there have been some reports, especially in Japan, of posterior scleritis appearing concurrently with VKH disease in patients; Kouda et al. [4] repor...

The authors report clinical features of ocular manifestations in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), those that affect the visual sensory system and those that affect the ocular motor system. Disturbances of visual sensory function may precede, manifest coincidentally or follow the neurologic manifestations. Visual disturbances are common in MS and often a result of acute demyelinating optic...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Predicting response to rtPA is essential in the era of endovascular therapy for stroke. The purpose of this study was to elucidate prognostic factors of early neurologic improvement and long-term outcome with respect to the development and reversion of leptomeningeal collaterals in recanalization therapy after acute ischemic stroke. MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyzed con...

asterixis, firstly described in metabolic encephalopathies, may occur unilaterally in patients with various focal brain diseases. although hardly localizing, most reported cases have showed a contralateral thalamic pathology; but lesions in the medial frontal lobe, parietal lobe, brain stem, basal ganglia, insular lesions, may also cause unilateral asterixis. in this article, three cases of acu...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Carotid intraplaque hemorrhage is associated with stroke, plaque thickness, stenosis, ulceration, and adventitial inflammation. Conflicting data exist on whether calcification is a marker of plaque instability, and no data exist on adventitial calcification. Our goal was to determine whether adventitial calcification and soft plaque (a rim sign) help predict carotid intra...

this case series reports 100 patients with lung cancer and their presenting neurologic symptoms and sings. 78% of patients were maleand 22% were female. mean age was 62±1.04 years with a peak age between 65 and 75 years. most patients presented with pulmonary problems (58%) and neurologic deficits as the presenting manifestations were found to be 30% along with pulmonary symptoms and 12% laking...