Opercular syndrome: Case reports and review of literature [2010] - 661KB
by T Lekhjung, P Raju, PVS Rana
Five cases of “bilateral opercular syndrome” of vascular etiology are reported. Cortical pseudobulbar palsy (i.e. spastic anarthria and inability to swallow) with dissociation of automatic volunta...

A comparative study of bilateral laminotomy and laminectomy with fusion for lumbar stenosis [2010] - 202KB
by TGB Mahadewa, S Maliawan, AAR Sudewi, TGA Senapathi
Laminectomy with fusion and bilateral laminotomy as a fenestration method have been used to improve pain, neurogenic claudication and neurological impairment in lumbar stenosis. To date it is not know...

Withdrawal response in healthy adults [2010] - 221KB
by KS Chew, LK Oon, RA Lee, KS Lim, CT Tan
Background: Withdrawal response was used to explain extensor plantar response in population without pyramidal dysfunction but there is lack of data characterizing this response in normal population. O...

Traumatic vertebral artery dissection mimicking central pontine myelinolysis: A case report [2010] - 846KB
by J Sharmini, KS Lim, N Ramli, CT Tan
A 27 year-old Chinese man, involved in a motor vehicle accident, presented with rapidly progressive pseudobulbar palsy and spastic tetraplegia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed cen...

A case of bilateral Moyamoya disease associated with Williams syndrome [2010] - 499KB
by HS Lee, DI Shin, EJ Lee, SC Park, SH Cha, JS Hong, HS Han, BC Rim, SH Lee, SS Lee
Bilateral Moyamoya disease manifesting as ischemic stroke in a patient with Williams syndrome has not been previously reported. Williams syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by infantile hyper...

Pathological laughing with syncope and occipital hypoperfusion as an unusual late effect of pontine infarct [2010] - 1,026KB
by CI Chu, H Po
Occipital lobes are not usually implicated in the current proposed pathways of pathological laughter. We present a case of occasional pathological laughter associated with pontine infarct. Brain SPECT...

Paroxysmal pruritus as the first relapsing symptom of neuromyelitis optica [2010] - 418KB
by SS Lee, HS Lee, SH Baek
Itching is a rare symptom in neurological disease. Paroxysmal symptom is uncommon in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) or multiple sclerosis. We describe a 45-year-old woman who presented with paroxysmal pru...

Parkinsonism and intractable hiccup in a patient with relapsing sarcoidosis [2010] - 748KB
by S Miura, K Noda, A Ouchi, N Edakuni, M Ayabe, T Abe, H Aizawa, T Taniwaki
We describe a 56-year-old man with relapsing sarcoidosis who presented with persistent hiccup responsive to steroid and clonazepam treatments. The patient also showed parkinsonism. The interval betwee...

Van der Knaap syndrome, a case from West Bengal, India [2010] - 882KB
by S Aditya, R Das Gupta, D Das, MK Roy, T Dhibar, T Das
Leucodystrophies are a group of white matter diseases caused by an abnormality in the formation or maintenance of one or more components of the myelin sheath. The devastating course of the disease cou...

Guillain-Barré syndrome, Fisher syndrome and Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis: Understanding the pathogenesis [2010] - 566KB
by N Shahrizaila, N Yuki
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), Fisher syndrome (FS) and Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis represent a spectrum of acute post-infectious immune-mediated diseases. GBS can present as acute inflammator...