Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare autoimmune disease that is characterized by inflammatory reaction of unknown etiology and destruction of cartilaginous structures. Characteristic symptoms of this disease include cartilage inflammation of the ear, nose, larynx, trachea, bronchi, joints, eyes, heart and skin. Concomitance with neurologic symptom is very rare in RP, and the detailed underly...

A 62-year-old, right-handed man with no family history presented with hemiatrophy (atrophy on one side of the body). He noticed right arm weakness in adolescence, and subsequently right foot drop. Neurologic examinations, including electromyography and imaging, showed right side predominant weakness/atrophy (figure). No asymmetry was apparent in systemic organs, including the brain. Southern bl...

To determine some of the key clinical features that help prompt clinicians to pursue additional work-up for evaluation of CNS involvement of MF, we conducted a systematic review to better define characteristics, treatments, outcomes, and mortality in these patients. Our analyses indicated that neurologic surveillance after the diagnosis of MF is crucial. Review of systems should include change ...

There are several syndromes of multiple cranial nerve involvement. One syndrome described by Garcin was a step-b-step ipsilateral involvement of all 12 cranial nerves unilaterally. This term is now used for multiple cranial nerve palsies that do not fit into any of the other named syndromes. This article describes the various pathologies associated with multiple cranial nerve palsies and their ...

Background/aim: Little is known about the prevalence and causes of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in BehÇet's disease (BD). This study was conducted to determine PH BD. Materials methods: In this descriptive study, we screened 154 patients with BD for using transthoracic echocardiography between February 2017 October 2017. An estimated systolic arterial pressure (sPAP ≥ 40 mmHg) used as cutoff val...

a long-standing debate among the vocabulary researchers is the depth of processing to learn vocabulary. this paper is a quantitative research which considers a revision in the “involvement load hypothesis” proposed by laufer and hulstijn in 2001. it investigates the role of proficiency and evaluation in this hypothesis in order to better reveal its potential contribution to vocabulary learning....

Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (IHES) is a disorder characterized by increased eosinophil count (eosinophilia) along with organ dysfunction secondary to organ infiltration of eosinophils and release of inflammatory markers [1-4], with no obvious cause for eosinophilia. The onset of symptoms is insidious in most of the cases and eosinophilia is detected incidentally. However, in others, t...

Central nervous system involvement by ovarian serous adenocarcinoma is rare. We report a case of a 60-year-old woman that developed brain metastasis as isolated site of relapse 4.5 years after a complete resection and adjuvant chemotherapy for a stage Ic disease. She proceeded to a craniotomy with resection of the lesion and, subsequently, to a whole brain radiotherapy. Nineteen months later, s...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The contribution of MR imaging to identify hypoxic-ischemic injuries has been studied mostly in neonates or adults. The purpose of this study was to describe the MR imaging findings of toddlers and older children with hypoxic coma and to analyze the prognostic value of an MR imaging scoring system. METHODS The conditions of 40 children with hypoxic coma (age range, 6 we...

hydatid disease is a rare parasitic disease, which mainly involves liver then lung tissues. cardiac involvement is very rare, especially when there is not hepatic involvement. we describe a 47-year-old woman with a history of a lung hydatid cyst who was referred to rajaei heart center, tehran, iran in 2012. her chest computed tomographic scan showed a cardiac mass. echocardiographic examination...