“Cortical” Wrist Drop due to a Cerebral Peduncle Infarct

Cerebral infarct due to calcium embolism and ineffective thrombolytic treatment.

Massive cerebral infarct due to Trousseau's syndrome in gastric cancer

A 27 yr old woman presented to the department of Medicine, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India, in January 2015 with sudden onset left-sided hemiplegia in the morning. She had advanced signet ring cell carcinoma of the stomach diagnosed 20 days earlier and received one cycle of chemotherapy. Her routine blood investigations were normal. Magnetic resonance imaging of brain reveale...

Evaluation and treatment of wrist drop in a patient due to lead poisoning: case report.

Lead (Pb) is widely used because of its useful properties and it is ubiquitous in human environment. There are various lead based industries and several workers who are working in these industries without the knowledge of the ill effects of lead and hence not taking proper precautions while handling lead. Many a times, these workers who have accumulated lead in their blood and body organs, are ...

Cerebral infarct due to concomitant anterior cerebral artery dissection and dissecting aneurysm.

University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yunlin, and Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Received May 22, 2009. Revised June 1, 2009. Accepted July 3, 2009. Reprint requests and correspondence to: Fu-Yu Lin, MD. Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, No. 579, Sec. 2, Yunlin Rd., Douliou City, Yunlin County 640, Tai...

A Case of Cortical Deafness due to Bilateral Heschl Gyrus Infarct

We report the case of a 58-year-old male who presented with an episode of seizure and abrupt onset hearing loss. Neuroimaging revealed acute infarcts in bilateral Heschl gyri. Objective tests of peripheral auditory function were essentially normal and a diagnosis of cortical deafness was made.