CASE REPORT We report a 59-year-old patient with difficulty in visual perception, difficulty reading and episodes of dyschromatopsia. The ocular examination was unremarkable. Structural neuro-imaging and neuro-ophthalmology tests were normal. Positron emission tomography scanning showed decreased metabolism in the parieto-occipital cortex bilaterally. Several months later the patient developed ...

Uveitis refers to the presence of intraocular inflammation, and as a strict definition compromises the iris and ciliary body anteriorly and the choroid posteriorly (the uvea). Untreated, uveitis can lead to visual loss or blindness. The etiology of uveitis can include both infectious and noninfectious (usually immune-mediated) causes, the latter of which are often mediated predominantly by Th1 ...

Fabry disease (FD) is an X-linked lysosomal storage disease, with multisystemic glycosphingolipids deposits. Neuro-otological involvement leading to hearing loss and vestibular dysfunctions has been described, but there is limited information about the frequency, site of lesion, or the relationship with peripheral neuropathy. The aim was to evaluate the presence of auditory and vestibular sympt...

INTRODUCTION Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology that affects multiple organ systems. Since the diagnosis of this disease mainly relies on clinical criteria, a diagnostic laboratory test is required especially for neuro-Behçet's patients without systemic involvement. METHOD In this study, we searched for the presence of autoantibodies against brain tissue, ...

This case report is a detailed description of the clinical, laboratory, imaging and therapeutic characteristics of the sixth patient with neuro-Behçet's disease reported by Bulgarian authors. The diagnosis was made in accordance with the international diagnostic criteria for Behçet's disease and was verified by skin biopsy. Therapeutic response was followed up by clinical and magnetic resonance...

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BACKGROUND To report the ocular manifestations of neuro-Behcet's disease. CASES A 34-year-old woman had recurrent meningitis. She developed diplopia, headache, and ataxia, and was diagnosed as having neuro-Behcet's disease. OBSERVATIONS Imaging revealed two infarct foci in the transitional midbrain and pons. After treatment with prednisolone and colchicine, the diplopia resolved. Two years ...

日本では神経耳科学的疾患（耳鳴，めまい，難聴等）に対して多くの漢方薬が使用されている。耳鳴，めまい患者の多くは耳科学的疾患以外の症候（不眠や肩こり，抑うつ，頭痛等）を合併することが少なくない。漢方製剤の多くは複数の疾患に対する適応があるので，耳科学的疾患以外の症候に対しても治療が可能な場合があり，有用と考えられる。本総説では耳科学疾患に対する漢方薬を併存症候に注目して整理するとともに，耳科学疾患に対する漢方薬の文献的エビデンスについて解説する。