Pearls & Oy-sters: Bifocal germinoma of the brain: review of systems is key to the diagnosis.

Pearls & Oy-sters: Bifocal germinoma of the brain

• Intracranial germinoma is the most common malignant intracranial germ cell tumor. It usually occurs in children and young adults and with the current therapies, many patients experience long-term survival. • Suprasellar region germinoma can present with isolated hypothalamic–pituitary axis dysfunction such as diabetes insipidus, delayed growth, menstrual irregularities, or precocious puberty,...

Pearls & Oy-sters: a rare case of neurotrichinosis with MRI.

The neurologic manifestations of trichinosis are diverse, and range from encephalopathy to cerebral, cerebellar, and spinal cord abnormalities.

Pearls & Oy-sters: cough headache secondary to Chiari malformation type I.

Pearls & oy-sters: cerebral venous air embolism after central catheter removal: too much air can kill.

Pearls and oy-sters: ictal syncope in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy.

PEARLS & OY-STERS: ICTAL SYNCOPE IN A PATIENT WITH TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY Nitin K. Sethi, New York: Varade et al. reported ictal syncope in a patient with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The MRI revealed a right temporal-occipital cavernous angioma and the seizure showed onset in the right posterior temporal electrode (T6) on EEG, all compatible with a diagnosis of symptomatic localization-relate...