A 66-year-old man with a history of ankylosing spondylitis presented to the emergency department as a trauma activation after a fall backward onto his sacrum from the bottom rung of a ladder. He initially complained of neck pain. On physical examination, midline lower cervical spine tenderness to palpation was present, but careful neurologic examination revealed no deficits. A CT scan of the ce...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction (LVHT/NC) is more prevalent in men and is frequently associated with neuromuscular disorders (NMDs). The aim of this study was to assess sex differences in a) the location and extent of LVHT/NC; b) left ventricular function; c) cardiac symptoms; d) electrocardiographic findings; e) the prevalence of NMD, and f) mortal...

Jonathan H. McKinnon, MD E. Peter Bosch, MD, FAAN SECTION 1 A 36-year-old man was referred for progressive lower extremity spasticity. He had a 4-year history of gradually progressive leg stiffness and ankle clonus and a 1-year history of gait disturbance and urinary urgency. There was no history of optic neuritis, diplopia, Lhermitte phenomenon, seizure, cognitive disturbance, paresthesias, or...

A prospective clinical study was performed in 32 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to evaluate the sensitivity of lesion detection and accuracy of lesion localization by neurologic examination, delayed enhanced computed tomography (CT) with a double dose of contrast material, and proton magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. After neurologic examination patients were classified by probability of ...

This case report presents the of a 58-year-old Caucasian male with hypercapnic respiratory failure (type 2 failure) and septic shock attributed to pneumonia. He also had multiorgan dysfunction was subsequently diagnosed neurosyphilis in setting underlying HIV. The patient initially presented worsening shortness breath bilateral lower extremity edema. Further evaluation revealed HIV positivity i...

sodium valproate and tomato extract have been studied in different experimental models of epilepsy individually. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of lycopene on the antiepileptic effects of sodium valproate against pentylenetetrazol-induced kindling in mice. swiss albino mice of either sex were randomly divided into 5 groups, with each group containing 8 mice. these group...

OBJECTIVE During the past 2 decades, celiac disease (CD) has been recognized as a multisystem autoimmune disorder. A growing body of distinct neurologic conditions such as cerebellar ataxia, epilepsy, myoclonic ataxia, chronic neuropathies, and dementia have been reported, mainly in middle-aged adults. There still are insufficient data on the association of CD with various neurologic disorders ...