np-c is a severe, progressive and irreversible neurovisceral disease, which is invariably fatal. np-c is a rare disease, with an estimated minimal incidence of 1/120,000 live births . np-c is caused by mutations in npc1 (~95% of patients) or npc2 genes .defective npc1 and npc2 proteins result in a disruption of lipid metabolism . one of special features of this disorder is heterogeneous manifes...

BACKGROUND The central nervous system is often involved in Behcet's disease. Most common are meningoencephalitic and brain stem syndromes. Although basal ganglia involvement is not an uncommon finding on necropsy, there are only single reports on extrapyramidal syndromes-dyskinesia, chorea and Parkinsonism in patients with Behcet's disease. CASE STUDY We report a patient fulfilling the criter...

Cerebral infarcts are the third most common cause of death in Spain and the leading cause of physical disability in adults. Twenty-five per cent of all strokes occur in people younger than 65. Cardiac tumours are a very rare disease with an incidence that ranges from 0.001% to 0.28% in post-mortem studies. Half of such tumours are of myxomatous origin. They are an infrequent cause of cerebral e...