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We present a case of Ortner syndrome caused by penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of the thoracic aorta....
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PMID: 20463611
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3D-CISS MR imaging depicted the proximal cisternal segment of the cranial nerves complex (CN IX, X, XI) at the oblique axial, sagittal planes in 100% (118/118), 99% (117/118) of 118 sides; CNXII in the oblique axial, sagittal planes in 90% (106/118), 91% (107/118) of 118 sides. At the sagittal plane...
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PMID: 19395211
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We report a Japanese FAF patient with a missense mutation (G654A), presenting multiple cranial nerve symptoms, corneal lattice dystrophy, carpal tunnel syndrome and orthostatic hypotension. It is notable that this patient showed very wide range of cranial nerve involvement (III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, I...
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PMID: 19422734
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The brainstem consists of the midbrain, pons, and medulla. The cerebellum is attached to the dorsal surface of the pons and upper medulla. The brainstem contains 9 of the 12 cranial nerves and is crossed by ascending, descending, and cerebellar pathways and their nuclei as well as the reticular form...
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PMID: 20483390
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Tumor size ranged from 1 to 6 cm in diameter, with a median at 2.5 cm. The presenting symptoms of the patients were anisocoria (six cases), diplopia (six cases), ptosis (five cases), hemianopia (four cases), and ataxia (two cases). Extent of tumor resection was Simpson grade II in 19 patients, grade...
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PMID: 20148271
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We report four unusual cases of childhood neuroborreliosis and show that seizures with regional leptomeningeal enhancement, acute transverse myelitis, meningoradiculitis with pain and paraesthesia and cranial nerve palsies other than facial nerve palsy can be the leading symptoms of children with ne...
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PMID: 19748808
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Detailed tractography of the cranial nerves was obtained, although not all cranial nerves were imaged with similar anatomic fidelity. Some tracts were imaged in great detail (cranial nerves II, III, and V). Tractography of the optic apparatus allowed tracing from the optic nerve to the occipital lob...
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PMID: 20305498
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We report on an infant with multiple cranial-nerve involvement attributable to brainstem dysgenesis, born to a cocaine-addicted mother.
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PMID: 20304337
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We explain the origins of central cord syndrome and Bell's cruciate paralysis and the intricate detail of neural pathways located in this region and their influence on motor and sensory function. Although lesion studies and tract tracing studies on primates over the past 50 years refute the theory o...
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PMID: 20173515
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Patients with suspected neuropathy of the recurrent laryngeal nerve frequently respond to neuromodulator therapy. The addition of reflux precautions and acid suppression therapy is helpful in cases of chronic and recurrent laryngospasm. Patients with evidence of motor neuropathy appear to have bette...
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PMID: 20392032
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Results of the study do not support the thesis of participation of IgG autoantibodies against gangliosides in pathogenesis early disseminated Lyme borreliosis in form of lymphocytic meningitis with cranial nerves paresis. Antibodies against endogenous glicosfingolipides in Lyme borreliosis probably...
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PMID: 20369737
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We report a 19-year-old man with BD who presented with cranial polyneuropathy secondary to aseptic meningitis. He made a gradual though incomplete recovery with steroid therapy. Cranial polyneuropathy secondary to meningeal involvement can be a presentation of n-BD, and Behcet's disease should be a...
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PMID: 19806314
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We report a rare case of lung adenocarcinoma exhibiting Garcin syndrome due to skull base metastasis. A diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma and intraperitoneal lymph node metastases was given to a 50-year-old man after pathological examination of a superclavicular lymph node biopsy. After systemic chem...
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PMID: 20163025
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Medial middle fossa meningiomas are challenging for neurosurgical treatment. Invasion of cranial nerves and vessels leads to high risk of complications after removal of such meningiomas. Currently methods of conformal stereotactic radiation treatment are applied wider and wider for the discussed les...
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PMID: 20429360
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Reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV) from latently infected human ganglia usually produces herpes zoster (shingles), characterized by dermatomal distribution pain and rash. Zoster is often followed by chronic pain (postherpetic neuralgia or PHN) as well as meningitis or meningoencephalitis,...
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PMID: 20186614
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A case of acute lymphoblast leucosis in the debut phase is reported with multiple lesions of cranial nerves (trigeminal, facial, cohleovestibular, sublingual, vagus).
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PMID: 20369618
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We report a case with symptoms of facial swelling, bilateral facial paralysis, dysphagia and aspiration. On electrophysiological studies, the right facial nerve was not excitable. The left facial nerve compound muscle action potential (CMAP) amplitude was severely dispersed and latency was mildly pr...
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PMID: 20120214
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OraVerse, an injectable formulation of phentolamine mesylate (PM), was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for reversal of anesthesia of the lip and tongue and associated functional deficits resulting from an intraoral submucosal injection of a local anesthetic containin...
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PMID: 20020792
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We examined the epidemiology and clinicopathologic characteristics of patients with aneurysmal SAH who never reached medical attention or died within first 24 hours of the onset of first symptoms.
Using the autopsy records in Legal Medicine Organization of Tehran, we identified all cadavers who were...
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PMID: 19901813
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A novel, systematic method of data analysis was utilised to construct a prognostic scoring model for necrotising otitis externa. This will better equip clinicians to treat this potentially fatal condition....
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PMID: 19586581
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We suggested that he had cephalic tetanus. We subsequently conducted the following treatments: debridement of the wound, intravenous infusion of antitetanus human immunoglobulin (AHI), intrathecal AHI infusion, and systemic administration of benzylpenicillin. His condition improved with these treatm...
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PMID: 19697889
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We report a case of a male child who presented with difficulty swallowing as the first manifestation of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and review the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of this disease. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is typically a monophasic, postinfectious, demyel...
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PMID: 19687713
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We report a Czech family with cranial nerves palsy as an initial feature of a non progressive infantile onset dominant distal hereditary motor neuropathy. This family may represent a new subtype of distal hereditary motor neuropathy....
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PMID: 19409784
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We investigated the significance of the presence of cranial autonomic symptoms (CAS) in patients with pituitary adenoma presenting with headaches. The records of patients with pituitary adenoma from 1998 to 2004 in our headache clinic were reviewed including headache profile, presence or absence of...
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PMID: 19673362
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We report a patient who suffered from brainstem injury following ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement in the fourth ventricle. DISCUSSION: A 20-year-old man with complex hydrocephalus and trapped fourth ventricle underwent a suboccipital placement of a VP shunt. Postprocedure patient developed...
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PMID: 19296115
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These data support generally mild changes to the speaking voice, which extend beyond reductions in pitch range only, and shed light on the potential untoward phonatory effects of acute, unilateral CT dysfunction....
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PMID: 19266586
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We present a unique patient with radiation-induced cranial neuropathies, resulting in bulbar palsy and baroreflex failure. CASE REPORT: A 67-year-old man underwent surgical resection of tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma and postoperative radiation therapy. Six years later, he developed severe orthos...
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PMID: 19276789
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We present a patient who sustained a facial gunshot injury, with massive nasal and oral bleeding that resulted in shock. We review the management of gunshot injury to the internal maxillary artery, both in acute and chronic stages. In addition, we describe the clinical course of the rarely occurring...
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PMID: 19305260
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No power drilling was used in this surgical series of anterior clinoidectomies. Optimal microsurgical exposure was obtained in all cases to facilitate complete aneurysm clippings and lesionectomies. There were no cases of direct injury to surrounding neurovascular structures from the use of the "no-...
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PMID: 19240577
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The problem of diagnosing vasculitic neuropathy is discussed based on case reports of two patients with Wegener's granulomatosis. One patient developed de novo 6(th) nerve palsy as an isolated relapse manifestation and the second patient a sequence of multiple cranial nerve palsies. Brain imaging wi...
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PMID: 19253059
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Conventional analgesics have limited efficacy in the management of neuropathic pain. An adjuvant analgesic is a drug that has a primary nonpain indication but which may be analgesic in certain circumstances, and many of these have established a role in the pharmacological treatment of neuropathic pa...
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PMID: 19142081
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Recent advancements in skull base surgery to remove or diminish the size of cranial base tumors allow more to be done than ever before to preserve life for patients who have tumors in anatomic locations once considered unreachable without causing massive functional impairment or death. Nonetheless,...
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PMID: 19134489
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Disorders of the peripheral nervous system often present a unique challenge to the clinician or surgeon, because the neuropathic pain associated with them can be extremely resistant to typical pain treatments. Painful peripheral nerve disorders often have pain in a particular peripheral nerve distrib...
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PMID: 19064184
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Autoantibodies directed against nuclear protein Ku are infrequently detected. If present, they are found in high titers in patients with connective tissue overlap syndromes. This article describes 5 patients with anti-Ku antibodies in whom systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome, idiopathi...
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PMID: 19341186
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We report the case of a 57-year-old man who presented palsy of the left lower cranial nerves IX-XII linked to carotid artery dissection after trivial neck injury....
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PMID: 19038409
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We report a 54-year-old man with right abducent nerve palsy, right facial nerve palsy, and left segmental sensory disturbance, which progressed for 2 weeks. He was found to have cavernous angioma in the lower pons. When he visited our hospital, he had right facial palsy, sensory disturbance of left...
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PMID: 19227894
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We have termed a structural-reflex disorder, and have shown through this pilot study of multiple cases how and why Tourette's and its multiple co-morbid disorders can be discontinued with a device that requires no medicines or surgery called the Neurocranio Vertical Distractor (NCVD)....
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PMID: 19241794
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Vascular compression causes CNXI mononeuropathy. Transcranial magnetic stimulation-cardiovascular coupling may evaluate neurovascular junction interactions and non-invasively diagnose NVC....
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PMID: 19294894
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There were 12 cases of AMAN out of a total of 84 cases of GBS. All AMAN patients showed a characteristic pattern of hand weakness predominant weakness of finger extensors with relatively normal power in finger flexors, wrist flexors and extensors. Proximal limb weakness was mild and was present in 8...
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PMID: 19587468
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We focused mainly on those that reported on the ophthalmological manifestations of such tumours. A number of articles were found dealing with isolated ophthalmological manifestations of these tumours, many of them as presenting symptoms. We also found review articles in English. Apart from oculomoto...
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PMID: 19173206
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Although trigeminal neuralgia is the most frequent, there are many other kinds of craniofacial neuralgias, in fact, theoretically, the total number is the same as the number of nerve roots and nerves responsible for the sensory innervation of these anatomical regions. It is essential to be familiar...
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PMID: 19319818
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We report and discuss a case of neurobrucellosis with meningitis with cranial nerves neuritis. A 56-year-old German male was admitted with bilateral abducens nerve palsy, amblyacousia and intractable headaches. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed antibodies against Brucella in seru...
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PMID: 18854918
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A 33-year-old man developed diffuse subarachnoid haemorrhage following attempted radiofrequency ablation for trigeminal neuralgia. Over the next 2 weeks, he progressively developed multiple bilateral cranial nerve palsies, bilateral cerebellar signs, hypotonia of all four limbs and diminished vision...
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PMID: 18661314
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We have encountered an infratentorial tumour with pilomyxoid features in an adult. A 25 year old man presented with tinnitus and hyperacusis. Brain MRI revealed a mass occupying the fourth ventricle. We performed partial resection, but no adjuvant therapy was given. The staining index for the anti-K...
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PMID: 18958385
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Central nervous system involvement after varicella zoster virus infection is an uncommon, but potentially life-threatening, complication. Early recognition of neurological complications prompts acute, appropriate antiviral treatment....
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PMID: 18221497
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