BACKGROUND Chronic hepatitis C infection is a major public health concern, with a high burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is growing evidence that chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection causes neurological complications. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence and factors associated with neurological manifestations in chronic hepatitis C patients. METHODS Through a cross-sectional de...

The relationship of the neurological manifestations to the lupus disease process is not always clear. We present a case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with subacute onset muscle weakness, which was due to polyradiculopathy, a rarely described neurological manifestation of SLE.

Though rare, neurological manifestations after single or multiple wasp stings have been reported. We report a rare case of neurological manifestation of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) caused by yellow wasp sting. Patient diagnosed on the basis of clinical presentation and MRI findings. Patient treated with intravenous Methylprednisolone 1000 mg / day for 5 days, which resulted in c...

a 50 year-old man was referred with history of acute ataxia and lower extremity paresthesia 10 days after general anesthesia with nitrous oxide. cervical mri showed long hypersignal lesion in posterior segment of the cord. blood analysis revealed vitamin b12 deficiency. nitrous oxide-induced myelopathy should be considered in patients who develop acute neurological manifestation after general a...

We report a 20-month-old girl with miliary pulmonary tuberculosis and normal neurological findings. While on treatment with isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for 1 month, she developed weakness of the lower extremities without meningism or altered consciousness. A computerized tomogram revealed tuberculomas and basal arachnoiditis. The cerebrospinal fluid findings were compati...