Neurological dysfunction as the first manifestation of AIDS has been found in 10 to 20% of symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infections. However, stroke has rarely been reported in AIDS patients. The most common causes of cerebral infarction in AIDS are central nervous system infections: toxoplasmosis, cryptococcal meningitis and tuberculosis. Potential vascular mechanisms for cerebral i...

PURPOSE Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a rare autoimmune disease with small-vessel vasculitis. Neurological manifestation of CSS is common. Central nervous system is less frequently involved than that of peripheral nervous system. CASE REPORT We report a case of 60-year-old man who presented with acute onset of right hemiparesis and impaired cognition. The presence of hypereosinophilia, asth...

OBJECTIVE To report an unusual presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis in a teenager. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 16-year-old male who was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder a year prior to his neurological consultation. Neurological examination showed evidence of mild lower extremity spasticity with ataxia and dysarthria. Imaging revealed lesions suggestive of multiple sc...

Neonatal seizures are the most common overt manifestation of neurological dysfunction in the newborn. It may be the first and only manifestation of neurological dysfunction in variety of insults. The reported prevalence is approximately 1.5% and incidence is approximately 0.95–3.5 per 1,000 live births. 1-3 A seizure may arise from varying foci at different times. Not all clinical seizures corr...

Hepatitis E (HEV) is an emerging disease in our developed countries, but is not routinely tested for in case of liver cytolysis. However, a growing number of extra-hepatic manifestations of HEV infection associated with acute hepatitis are reported. In this article, we discuss two cases of HEV with neurological symptoms, one with encephalitis, and the other with Parsonage Turner syndrome. All t...

Although schwannomas are common spinal tumors with insidious presentations, acute neurological deterioration is an extremely rare manifestation that can occur in the setting of tumor torsion and infarction. The present case reports an unusual presentation of a spinal schwannoma that underwent torsion and infarction. A 65-year-old male presented initially with acute radicular pain progressing to...

OBJECTIVES Wilson's disease (WD) is an inherited disorder of copper metabolism with wide spectrum of clinical symptoms, mainly hepatic or neurological. Psychiatric disorders occur less frequently and are not pathognomonic for WD. However, in almost 20% of cases they are in fact the first clinical manifestation of WD. The aim of this paper is to emphasise the importance of including WD in differ...

Intuitively, dynamic visual stimuli, such as moving objects or flashing lights, attract attention. Visual search tasks have revealed that dynamic targets among static distractors can indeed efficiently guide attention. The present study shows that the reverse case, a static target among dynamic distractors, allows for relatively efficient selection in certain but not all cases. A static target ...