Seizures in a young child following mydriatic eye drops [2013] - 143KB
by JJM Wong, CT Choong, YLF Ling, CL Chen
Cyclopentolate, proparacaine, tropicamide and phenylephrine eye drops are frequently used for ophthalmological examinations. We report a young child who developed a generalised tonic clonic seizure on...

A case of cluster headaches preceded by back pain [2013] - 266KB
by Y Shibata
This is the report of a patient with cluster headaches preceded by back pain. The patient’s back pain was provoked by arm and shoulder movement. Mild back pressure caused severe back pain and, as a ...

Worsened postural deformity in multiple-system atrophy patients with excessive dopaminergic treatment [2013] - 661KB
by BO Barut, A Varol, E Demiryürek, U Emre, HT Atasoy
Postural deformities like dropped head, camptocormia, and Pisa syndrome are seen in both Parkinson’s disease and multiple-system atrophy (MSA). However, these features are relatively more common in ...

Schilder’s disease in a young child with tumefactive demyelinating brain lesion [2013] - 939KB
by HJ Kim, SM Lee, HD Kim, JS Lee, HC Kang
Schilder’s disease is a rare sporadic demyelinating disease of the brain. We report a girl with Schilder’s disease who had undergone Kasai operation for biliary atresia. The patient presented with...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome following rapid correction of anemia [2013] - 1,255KB
by S Hong, JM Jung, HJ Ryu, DY Kwon, MH Park
A 49-year-old woman with anemia who developed headache and seizure after blood transfusion was diagnosed with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Magnetic resonance imaging showed typ...

MRI findings of orbicularis oculi hypertrophy due to heavy resistance training on the inferior orbital rim [2013] - 846KB
by HA Hassan, NM Ramli, KCS Fong, KJ Goh
Increase in cross-sectional muscle area of major muscle groups associated by heavy resistance training has been well documented. However, there has been no published article of changes in the inferior...

Spinal cord ependymoma presenting as acute paraplegia and subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report and review of literature [2013] - 1,683KB
by N Zhao, J Chang, Y Shao, W Wei
Acute paraplegia is a rare presentation for a spinal cord ependymoma. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) due to spinal ependymoma is also very rare. We report a 32-year-old woman who presented with acute p...

Classification of epileptic seizures and epilepsy syndromes [2013] - 187KB
by BI Lee
The efforts of ILAE for providing a standardized classification and terminology of epileptic seizures and epilepsy syndrome; the international classification of epileptic seizures in 1981 and internat...

Animal models of early life seizures and epilepsies [2013] - 133KB
by MJ Gygax, SL Moshé
Epilepsy can occur throughout the human life span, with peaks during early life and senescense/ageing. During development, epilepsy is often but not always diagnosed in association with cognitive and ...

Using experimental models to provide insights into mechanism of genetic generalised epilepsy [2013] - 147KB
by K Yamakawa
EFHC1 gene mutations have been described in patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and other types of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. We generated Efhc1-deficient mouse and found that the mo...