A patient with traumatic brain injury showed incomplete oculomotor nerve palsy in the subarachnoid space. A 12-year-old girl was hospitalized after a head injury. Neuro-ophthalmic examination showed that the left eye had a ptosis and pupillary involvement. An MRI indicated an intracranial hematoma at the basilar portion of the left temple. The ptosis and pupillary involvement improved after eli...

BACKGROUND Herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO) can involve the oculomotor nerve; however, isolated trochlear nerve palsy has rarely been reported. CASE REPORT An 83-year-old man who suffered from HZO in the right frontal area and scalp subsequently developed vertical diplopia and severe pain. Cerebrospinal fluid examination and brain MRI revealed no abnormalities. Isolated right trochlear nerve ...

footdrop is a relatively common deficit among the neurological disorders, which has different causes with various levels of involvement in neuromuscular system, including central nervous system (brain cortex, spinal cord), fifth lumbar root, peripheral nerves and muscles. peroneal nerve injury at the fibular head has been reported to the most common cause of foot drop, which can be due to infar...

neurofibromatosis type 1, also known as von recklinghausen disease, is an autosomal dominant disorder with an incidence of 1 per 4000. neurofibromas are benign, heterogeneous tumors arising from the connective tissue of peripheral nerve sheaths, especially the endoneurium. visceral involvement in disseminated neurofibromatosis is rare. neurofibroma occurs most frequently in the stomach and jeju...

Cranial nerve palsy could be one of the presenting features of underlying benign or malignant tumors of the head and neck. The tumor can involve the cranial nerves by local compression, direct infiltration or by paraneoplastic process. Cranial nerve involvement depends on the anatomical course of the cranial nerve and the site of the tumor. Patients may present with single or multiple cranial n...

İdiyopatik brakiyal nörit, pleksusun asimetrik tutulumu ile karakterize, ani başlangıçlı, şiddetli ağrı, kas güçsüzlüğü, fonksiyon ve duyu kaybına neden olan bir hastalıktır. Birçok kas-iskelet sistemi problemiyle karışabilmektedir. Yeni başlayan omuz ağrısında ayırıcı tanıda idiyopatik nörit akılda bulundurulmalıdır. Bu durumun erken tanınması gereksiz cerrahi müdahaleyi önleyebilir. olgu sunu...

Most people with SMA present with motor symptoms such as muscle atrophy and respiratory distress due to the SMN gene defect. Clinically, the examination of children with SMA has revealed no obvious clinical sensory involvement in several studies, and the early pathologic studies done on SMA did not show any evidence of involvement of the sensory system 2) . However, a few patients with sensory ...