Association of hypothyroidism in patients with migraine and tension-type headache disorders in Kashmir, North India [2015] - 311KB
by Hamed B Khan, Parvaiz A Shah, M Hayat Bhat, Ali Imran
Objective: This case control study was undertaken to ascertain the frequency of subclinical and overt hypothyroidism in patients with various types of primary headache disorders in Kashmir, North Indi...

The role of psychological resilience, severity of disease and treatment adherence in the prediction of health-related quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis [2015] - 328KB
by Habib Hadianfard, Nahid Ashjazadeh, Soodabe Feridoni, Elham Farjam
Objective: This cross-sectional study aims to evaluate the impact of the disability status, psychological resilience, and treatment adherence on health-related quality of life (QOL) in patients with m...

Comparison of psychological symptoms of patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy people [2015] - 370KB
by Farshid Shamsaei, Fatemeh Cheraghi, Mohsen Salavati, Ali Akbar Rezaie
Psychological and psychiatric disorders have a high frequency in multiple sclerosis (MS). However, their relationship with MS is complex and the extent to which they might be reactive to countless psy...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: Malaysian haemato-oncological paediatric case series [2015] - 698KB
by Choong Yi Fong, Chaw Su Hlaing, Aye Mya Min Aye, Chee Geap Tay, Hany Ariffin, Lai Choo Ong
Background & Objective: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is associated with immunosuppressive agents used in children with haemato-oncological diseases. There are no reports to date...

A very small sinus venosus type of atrial septal defect: A rare but curable cause of recurrent stroke [2015] - 1,995KB
by Seongheon Kim, Sung-Min Park, Se-Min Ryu, Dong Ryeol Ryu
Sinus venosus is a rare cardiac defect, which may lead to an interatrial shunt. Diagnosis on echocardiography may be difficult requiring an evaluation by a board-certified cardiologist. We report a ca...

A case with 18p deletion and dystonia and review of the literature [2015] - 521KB
by Hakan Tekeli, Mustafa Tansel Kendirli, Mehmet Güney Şenol, Serkan Demir, Halit Yaşar, Rıfat Erdem Toğrol, Mehmet Fatih Özdağ, Yusuf Tunca
18p deletion syndrome is a rare disorder which is accompanied with mental retardation, facial abnormalities and short stature. Dystonic findings are rarely seen and only 12 cases have been reported in...

Neuro-Behçet's disease mimicking cerebral abscess complicated by metronidazole-induced encephalopathy [2015] - 810KB
by Ayse Guler, Ece Cinar, Tuncer Turhan, Husnu Pullukcu, Taner Akalin, Figen Gokcay, Nese Celebisoy
This is the report of a 32-year-old man with Behçet's disease described dizziness, double vision and headache. The cranial MRI demonstrated a ring enhancing nodular lesion in left medial occipital lo...

A case of delayed radiation-induced lumbosacral radiculoplexopathy after 30 years [2015] - 482KB
by Jinhyun Kim, Hye Lim Lee, Sang-Soo Lee
Lumbosacral radiculoplexopathy in colon cancer treatment is a very rare but serious complication after radiation. We report here a 66-year-old man with slowly progressive lower limb weakness which aro...

Predominant proximal upper extremity involvement in Hirayama disease [2015] - 630KB
by Sung Hwa Paeng, Yeo Jung Kim, Seong-il Oh, Jong Seok Bae
Hirayama disease usually selectively involves lower cervical myotomes (C8, T1). Thus, patients usually manifest with atrophy and weakness of small hand muscle. Predominant isolated involvement of prox...

Cluster-tic syndrome and bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia as the manifestation of multiple sclerosis [2015] - 512KB
by Ali Ulvi Uca, Hasan Hüseyin Kozak
This report describes a 35-year-old female suffering from a cluster-tic syndrome and bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia as the initial manifestation of multiple sclerosis. Magnetic resonance imagi...