Sir, Polyradiculopathy is a rare but potentially devastating syndrome more common in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) is most commonly implicated, the differential diagnosis includes tuberculosis, syphilis, and lymphoma. We admitted a 36-year-old army truck driver from Haryana, India, HIV-positive since May 2004, with ascending, asymmetric flaccid parapl...

Papilledema and raised intracranial pressure have been reported in association with Guillain-Barre syndrome. Papilledema is usually asympotomatic or associated with mild visual field defects, without any visual loss. The cerebrospinal fluid protein is usually reported to be high. A case of a 35 year old lady is reported, who presented with headache, diplopia and progressive visual loss in both ...

We reviewed the clinical manifestations and outcome of 20 cases of neurobrocellosis out of 1375 patients with brucellosis admitted to the infectious diseases ward of a tertiary hospital in Hamedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Of the 20 cases, 12 had meningitis (acute and subacute), 4 had meningoencephalitis, 2 had myelopathy, 1 had polyradiculopathy and 1 had meningovascular complications manifes...

© 2002 Blackwell Science Ltd Superfi cial siderosis of the central nervous system (CNS) is a rare disorder, which is the consequence of chronic subarachnoid haemorrhage. Brain MR scan (Fig. 1) shows a characteristic marginal low T 2 -weighted signal of haemosiderin around the surface of the CNS, and has made antemortem diagnosis of this condition possible. Clinically, the cardinal features are ...

An 80-year-old woman presented with simultaneous increasing muscle weakness and nephrotic syndrome. A renal biopsy confirmed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Her neurological diagnosis best fitted with a Guillain-Barre-like syndrome. There have been several cases of FSGS in combination with both conventional and atypical Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). Our patient was treated with high...