Background & Importance: Acute autonomic system impairment can be dangerous and life-threatening, and a clinician should be aware of its occurrence possibility. According to the anatomy of this system, spinal cord lesions could disturb its function. There are many reports of autonomic dysreflexia in spinal cord i njuries especially spinal cord trauma. Case Presentation: A 28 year-o...

Pontine tegmental cap dysplasia is a rare neurologic condition first described by Barth et al. in 2007. It is characterized by a vaulted pontine tegmentum projecting into the fourth ventricle and ventral pontine hypoplasia. Patients present with developmental delay, cerebellar and pyramidal abnormalities, cranial nerve dysfunction, and various extracranial malformations. The condition is though...

BACKGROUND A spinal epidural abscess is a medical emergency. Despite urgent surgical intervention and adjuvant antibiotic therapy, neurologic prognosis remains variable and guarded. The optimal approach to managing this condition is debated with substantial variability in clinical practice, dependent on patient demographic and pretreatment neurologic status as well as radiologic appearance. M...

OBJECTIVE To present the case of a collegiate pitcher with type I diabetes mellitus who developed transient global amnesia and to characterize the acute onset of symptoms and clinical diagnosis of this rarely reported neurologic condition in the student-athlete population. BACKGROUND A 21-year-old collegiate pitcher with type I diabetes mellitus was found by his roommate to have acute-onset m...

A 14-year-old who had 7episodes of relapsing unita­leral paralysis of facial nerve during 7 year-;. was admit­ted to the hospital. The X-Ray revealed Osteopetrosis, and the bone biopsy was proved this diagnosis. But there was not any bone fracture, or anemia. Pressure over fa­cial nerve caused by condensation of entire facial nerve canal. was detected by tomographia. Probablv intermitant facial...

Patients with increased intracranial pressure frequently present to ophthalmologists with a variety of neurologic complaints. This report describes a patient with congenital cerebrovenous malformation who developed increased intracranial pressure following unilateral radical neck dissection. The pathogenesis, diagnostic investigations, interpretation, and subsequent management of this condition...

Acute cerebellitis is a benign neurologic condition generally caused by viral or bacterial infections. Influenza associated cerebellitis is extremely rare; a 6-year-old boy with acute cerebellitis, who presented with fever, vomiting, weakness, febrile seizure, and acute cerebellar features, is discussed in this article.

Five cases of secondary anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS) are presented and literature reviewed. Pregnancy loss was the most common presentation but neurologic manifestations are also seen. IgG ACA was more commonly seen than IgM ACA. Although APS has been infrequently reported in black Africans, an awareness of this condition is needed especially among females with previous recurrent pregnancy ...

Although cerebral syphilitic gummas are generally considered to be rare manifestations of tertiary syphilis, many reports exist of early cerebral syphilitic gumma. Our finding of cerebral syphilitic gumma in an HIV-negative man within 5 months after syphilis infection suggests that this condition should be considered in syphilis patients who have neurologic symptoms.