We present a case of Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (CCS) in which the entire intestine was observed using a prototype of magnifying single-balloon enteroscope (SIF Y-0007, Olympus). CCS is a rare, non-familial gastrointestinal polyposis with ectodermal abnormalities. To our knowledge, this is the first report showing magnified intestinal lesions of CCS. A 73-year-old female visited our hospital wit...

Few reports in the literature document acute taste disturbance following exposure to toxic chemicals. We describe the case of a 54-year-old man who presented with primary complaint of tongue numbness and persistent problems with taste 1.5 years following oral exposure to a commercial cleaning agent. A test of olfaction revealed normosmia for age and gender. Lingual tactile two-point discriminat...

Background Adenosine, an agonist of the A2a receptor, is widely used for stress CMR. However, target receptors for adenosine are heterogeneous in their location and facilitated physiologic effects. A2b and A3 receptors are responsible for bronchospasm and peripheral arteriolar vasodilation; A1 receptors are responsible for AV block. The rate of adverse reactions with adenosine approaches 80%, c...

Facial nerve neuromas occur throughout the course of the facial nerve and its branches, however lesions occurring on the chorda tympani branch are exceptionally rare. We present a case where the diagnosis was made intra-operatively; the patient was pre-operatively thought to have had a cholesteatoma. Total resection is the treatment of choice for these cases. Early diagnosis, aided by high reso...

BACKGROUND Chorda tympani nerve is a branch of the facial nerve which enables perception of taste of 2/3 anterior part of tongue and it is responsible for unilateral parasymphatetic nerve supplying of the submandibular and sublinqual salivary glands. MATERIAL AND METHODS Prospective analysis of patients operated on middle ear in ENT Department Jagiellonian University of Krakow between 2004-20...

A 67-year-old male presented to the emergency department with concern for accidental aspiration of an aluminum beverage can pull tab. Neck and chest radiographs did not reveal an aspirated foreign body. Despite ongoing complaint of dysgeusia and adamancy of aspiration by the patient, he was discharged to home without recommendation for further follow-up. Seven months later, a computed tomograph...

Objective Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) may present with unusual motor and non-motor symptoms and signs in the early stage of the disease. Methods Cases were collected over a five-year period at two tertiary movement disorders clinics. All had a diagnosis of PD with unusual presentations defined retrospectively as the presence of complaints not objectively related to any of the class...

A 51-year-old man developed positional vertigo, ataxia, dysgeusia, diplopia, and oscillopsia. Eye movement examination and video-oculographic recording disclosed primary position upbeat nystagmus (PPUN) and a right internuclear ophthalmoplegia. Brain MRI showed a small focal lesion in the right dorsal tegmentum of the caudal pons with signal characteristics consistent with a primary demyelinati...