Progressive Cranial Neuropathy
A 68-year-old man had right facial weakness with a droop, slurred speech, and eyelid ptosis that progressed over 5 years from right temple numbness and did not respond to gabapentin or steroids. What is your diagnosis?
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Histologic Anatomy of Neurocysticercosis
This case report describes a 23-year-old male patient with tonic-clonic seizure and subsequent treatment with anthelmintic therapy.
Intraspinal Bone Fragments Resorption in Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture
This case report describes a man in his 30s transported to a surgical ward with a 7-hour history of unintentional fall from over 20 m.
Spontaneous AICA Dissection Presenting With Isolated Audiovestibular Loss
This case report describes a man in his 40s with spontaneous anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) dissection after presenting with right-sided sensorineural hearing loss.
Epilepsy in a Patient With Brain Herniation Into the Arachnoid Granulation
This case report describes epilepsy in a 50-year-old patient with brain herniation into the arachnoid granulation.
Alternate Hemibody Hyperkinetic and Hypokinetic Movement Disorders Due to Strategic Lesions in Cerebral Toxoplasmosis
This case report describes a women with a background of HIV presenting with complex involuntary movements with markedly different phenomenology on the right and left side of her body.
A New Framework for Dementia Nomenclature
Importance Nomenclature in the field of neurodegenerative diseases presents a challenging problem. Inconsistent use of terms such as Alzheimer disease and dementia has compromised progress in clinical care, research, and development of therapeutics. Dementia-associated stigma further contributes to inconsistent and imprecise language. The result is…
Harmonizing Definitions for Progression Independent of Relapse Activity in Multiple Sclerosis – A Systematic Review
Importance Emerging evidence suggests that progression independent of relapse activity (PIRA) is a substantial contributor to long-term disability accumulation in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). To date, there is no uniform agreed-upon definition of PIRA, limiting the comparability of published studies. Objective To…
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Child With Renovascular Hypertension
A 6-year-old child presented with headache for 1 month and seizures followed by altered consciousness for 1 day. He had new-onset daily occipital headache for 1 month of mild to moderate severity and pulsating character. What is your diagnosis?
Assessing the Clinical Utility of Liquid Biopsies Across 5 Potential Indications From Therapy Selection to Population Screening – A Review
Importance There has been great enthusiasm for the emerging technology of molecular-based tests to detect and quantify tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream, colloquially known as a liquid biopsy. However, less attention has been given to how their clinical utility depends…
