Hypercalcaemic stupor as a presentation of lymphosarcoma.

INTRODUCTION RECURRENT STUPOR IS A COMMON NEUROLOGIC PROBLEM AND IS USUALLY DUE TO SEIZURES, INTOX- ICATIONS, SLEEP DISORDERS, OR METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES.1 Idiopathic recurrent stupor associated with elevated levels of an endogenous benzodiazepine-like agent

Presentation of patients with recurrent stupor associated with apparently elevated levels of an endogenous benzodiazepine-like agent, endozepine-4, has been reported from several centers, and a new syndrome, endozepine stupor has been proposed. We recently reported a case with typical features of this syndrome, which proved to be an example of surreptitious administration of exogenous benzodiaz...

Impairment of the cortical GABAergic inhibitory system in catatonic stupor: a case report with neuroimaging.

We report the case of a 32-year-old patient who presented with catatonic stupor during the course of acute aseptic encephalitis involving the right frontotemporal area. Flumazenil-PET performed during the stupor indicated decreased benzodiazepine receptor binding in the right frontotemporal area where glucose metabolism was preserved as revealed by FDG-PET. An injection of diazepam immediately ...

Primary lymphosarcoma of the lung with unusual features.

Two unusual cases of primary lymphocytic lymphosarcoma of the lung are presented. The first patient is a 5-year-old girl who showed a massive involvement of the entire right lung by tumour. She was treated by radiotherapy followed by cyclophosphamide and was alive and well one year later. The second patient was an adult man who presented clinically with a tumour of the chest wall. Necropsy reve...

Spontaneous neoplasms in sheep with report of cases of melanoma, mesothelioma and lymphosarcoma

Post partum presentation of hypercalcaemic sarcoidosis.

A number of corticosteroid responsive diseases have been shown to undergo exacerbation in the puerperium. The presentation of a woman 8 weeks after delivery with severe hypercalcaemia, a highly steroid sensitive feature of sarcoidosis, adds to the evidence that sarcoidosis can also be numbered amongst such diseases with relapse in the puerperium.