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Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 93:A102.2-A102
BackgroundDiagnosis of epilepsy is based on descriptions of attacks, supported by finding epileptiform activity on EEG. Routine EEG can detect inter-ictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in approximately 50% of patients with epilepsy, and approximatel
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 90:e32.1-e32
A 21-year-old woman presented with bilateral papilloedema and a 2-week history of high-pressure headaches. Medical history was remarkable for Infantile Cystinosis and a renal transplant.Her Body Mass Index was 26.7 kg/m2. Visual acuity (VA) was 6/12
Publikováno v:
Medical Teacher. 41:608-608
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 87:e1.188-e1
An 85-year-old man presented with a 1 month history of jerks affecting his trunk and lower limbs. He reported severe subacute low back pain and gradually progressive weakness in both lower limbs over 4 months. His history included type 2 diabetes mel
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 86:e4.166-e4
A previously fit and well 59 year old man presented with a 3 year history of slowly progressive decline in mobility with increasing unsteadiness and falls. He also reported clumsiness of both hands and his wife noted poor memory. There was no family
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 86:e4.99-e4
Developmental venous anomaly (DVA) is a commonly encountered congenital abnormality of the venous drainage system. Spontaneous thrombosis of DVA is rare. We present a case of thrombosed brainstem DVA leading to venous infarction and oedema within the
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 85:e4.107-e4
A 48 year old man presented with a sub-acute painless complete right sided ptosis, diplopia, dysphonia, dysphagia and left foot drop. He had a PMH of Multiple Myeloma (MM) in remission after 3 cycles of chemotherapy. On examination he had complete ri
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 84:e2.29-e2
A 42 year old lady with bulimia and alcoholism, suffered a cardiac arrest at home. She was successfully resuscitated and admitted to the intensive care unit of our hospital. Hypokalaemia (3.1 mmol/l) was present, and corrected, but serum sodium conce
Publikováno v:
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 83:A19.2-A19
Pseudoathetosis refers to a movement disorder characterised by involuntary, slow, writhing movements resulting from loss of proprioception. We report a case of pseudoathetosis secondary to a demyelinating lesion in the cervical spinal cord. A 27-year