Chorea as the first sign in a patient with elderly-onset systemic lupus erythematosus [0.03%]
舞蹈症作为老年期系统性红斑狼疮患者的首发症状
Yuko Ariizumi,Tetsutaro Ozawa,Takayoshi Tokutake et al.
Yuko Ariizumi et al.
The case of an elderly patient who had chorea as an initial symptom of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) accompanied by antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is reported. A 68-year-old woman suddenly developed chorea of her left arm and leg. Mag...
Takotsubo-like myocardial dysfunction accompanied with cerebellar hemorrhage [0.03%]
伴有小脑出血的类 tako-tsubo 心肌病
Akira Tempaku,Tsugiyasu Kanda
Akira Tempaku
We report a 71-year-old woman with takotsubo-like myocardial dysfunction accompanied with cerebellar hemorrhage. On admission time, although she was unconscious by cerebellar hemorrhage, no obvious heart failure and serological disorder wer...
Jordi Gascón-Bayarri,Jaume Campdelacreu,Màtil Calopa et al.
Jordi Gascón-Bayarri et al.
Forehead tremor has only been reported in two patients with essential tremor, one with rhythmic tremor and the other with dystonic tremor. We report 4 new patients with essential tremor who present a 4-6 Hz frontal tremor registered by elec...
Evonne Low,Eugene M Dempsey,C Anthony Ryan et al.
Evonne Low et al.
We describe the EEG findings from an ex-preterm neonate at term equivalent age who presented with intermittent but prolonged apneic episodes which were presumed to be seizures. A total of 8 apneic episodes were captured (duration 23-376 sec...
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome caused by a combination of carbamazepine and amitriptyline [0.03%]
卡马西平和阿米替林联合所致神经重症肌无力综合征病例报告
A Bruce Janati,Naif Alghasab,Aboubaker Osman
A Bruce Janati
A 32-year-old female, with a history of secondarily-generalized convulsive epilepsy, mental retardation, and a psychiatric illness, developed neuroleptic malignant syndrome while receiving carbamazepine and amitriptyline concurrently. We hy...
Glioblastoma presenting with steroid-induced pseudoregression of contrast enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging [0.03%]
由皮质类固醇诱导的假性进展引起的胶质母细胞瘤磁共振成像增强表现
Marcus D Mazur,Vinh Nguyen,Daniel W Fults
Marcus D Mazur
Corticosteroid-induced reduction in contrast enhancement on radiographic imaging is most commonly associated with lymphoma but has been reported in other entities, including glioma. This finding may represent a diagnostic dilemma. Concern t...
Isolated cataplexy in the differential diagnosis of drop attacks: a case of successful clinical diagnosis and treatment [0.03%]
孤立性猝倒症的鉴别诊断及临床诊治一例
Robert T Egel,Anthony Lee,Thomas Bump et al.
Robert T Egel et al.
Drop attacks are sudden spontaneous falls that are not accompanied by alteration of consciousness and are followed by immediate recovery. Cataplexy, which is usually associated with narcolepsy, is one of the causes of drop attacks. We repor...
Karen Lynch,Joel Oster,Diana Apetauerova et al.
Karen Lynch et al.
Spinal cord infarction is an uncommon disease and as such is often a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. It can vary in its onset, severity, outcome, and recovery from patient to patient. Treatment options for this relatively rare conditio...
Hideomi Yamada,Koji Takano,Nobuhiro Ayuzawa et al.
Hideomi Yamada et al.
We report a case in whom slow correction of hyponatremia (5 mmol/day for 3 days) induced central pontine myelinolysis (CPM). After the diagnosis was confirmed by imaging, we started to relower serum Na that completely recovered the sign and...
Intracranial metastatic neuroblastoma treated with gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery: report of two novel cases [0.03%]
用伽马刀放射外科治疗颅内神经母细胞瘤转移灶：两例新病例报告
Nathan C Rowland,Jennifer Andrews,Daxa Patel et al.
Nathan C Rowland et al.
Intracranial metastasis of neuroblastoma (IMN) is associated with poor survival. No curative therapy for the treatment of IMN currently exists. Unfractionated radiotherapy may be beneficial in the treatment of IMN given the known radiosensi...