An Unusual Optical Phenomenon

An Unusual Post-Operative Phenomenon in Thyroidectomy

An Unusual Phenomenon in Strychnine Convulsions

while to test the margin of safety claimed by the British Pharmacopoeia for the maximum dose of some of the toxic drugs ; amongst the many toxic substances that suggested themselves, strychnine was considered the safest, as the antidote is well known and its action almost quantitative. After consideration of all factors it was considered reasonable that I personally should become the subject of...

An unusual cutaneous manifestation of myelodysplastic syndrome: "pseudo-Koebner phenomenon".

An unusual and hitherto unreported complication of myelodysplastic syndrome is reported: the "pseudo-Koebner phenomenon." The skin lesions were characterised by exuberant "fleshy" masses at the sites of intravenous cannulation and skin trauma, and by histological evidence of chronic inflammation with focal necrosis and abscess formation. No evidence of dermal infiltration by malignant haemopoie...

Ictal kissing: Electroclinical features of an unusual ictal phenomenon

PURPOSE The study aimed to describe the electroclinical features of ictal kissing, an unusual behavior that may occur during focal seizures. METHOD Twenty-five patients collected from four epilepsy centers and previously published reports were reviewed for their demographic, clinical, and electrophysiological features. RESULTS Sixteen of 25 patients were female. The mean age was 32.9 years ...

Mirror writing: neurological reflections on an unusual phenomenon.

Mirror writing is an unusual script, in which the writing runs in the opposite direction to normal, with individual letters reversed, so that it is most easily read using a mirror. This writing is seen in healthy individuals; it is also associated with various focal lesions that most commonly involve the left hemisphere, as well as with certain diffuse cerebral disorders. Mirror writing is near...