Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare neurologic disorder that presents with variable symptoms and symmetrical abnormal white matter signaling most commonly of the occipital parietal lobes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). PRES, also known as posterior leukoencephalopathy (RPLS) associated hypertension. Hypomagnesemia’s association PRES has been rarely reported. Here,...

Introduction. Infective endocarditis in the left heart may be complicated by stroke, due to embolisation from infectious valvular vegetations. Infarction of both occipital lobes, which are supplied by the posterior cerebral arteries, is infrequent, and is the cause of cortical blindness from lesion of the visual cortex. Cortical blindness is characterized by intact pupillary reflexes, a normal ...

We present 2 term newborn infants with apneic seizure originating in the occipital lobe that was diagnosed by video-EEG. One infant had ischemic infarction in the distribution of the posterior cerebral artery, extending to the cingulate gyrus. In the other infant, only transient occipital hyperechogenicity was observed by using neurosonography. In both cases, although the critical EEG discharge...

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is not an uncommon cause of stroke but very often unrecognized at initial presentation due to lack of clinical suspicion and thus frequently left untreated. CVST is a potentially serious condition which manifests with diverse clinical manifestations, from isolated headache to focal neurological signs and even coma. CVST usually takes place either an inher...

Selected neuro-ophthalmological cases demonstrate the diagnostic capabilities of adequate perimetric techniques: centripetally condensed stimulus arrangement and threshold-oriented, slightly supraliminal perimetry revealed even very small homonymous visual field defects, resulting from a small cortical lesion not exceeding the extent of the calcarine fissure. Subtotal bilateral superior altitud...

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica Vol 16 No 3 September 2007 From the Departments of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University and Hospital, Kaushung, and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Yang-Ming Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. Reprint requests and correspondence to: A-Ching Chao, MD. Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Medical University and Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. E-mail: [email protected]...

PURPOSE In the present study, we aimed to investigate the frequency of blood brain barrier injury in posterior circulation infarction as demonstrated by the hyperintense acute reperfusion marker (HARM) on fluid attenuated inversion recovery images (FLAIR). METHODS From a MRI report database we identified patients with posterior circulation infarction who underwent MRI, including perfusion-wei...

patient was a 33-year-old woman underwent her first time cesarean section combined with spinal epidural anesthesia 5 days before and discharged the day after with good condition. she got severe headache with pain score about 8-9, 2 days after discharge from hospital. her headache was severe, bilateral, pulsatile and almost likely sudden onset accompanied with nausea that mildly progressed after...