Meralgia paresthetica is an entrapment mononeuropathy of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, which results in localized area of paresthesia and numbness on the anterolateral aspect of the thigh. We describe the use of alcohol neurolysis of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in a 74-year-old female who presented with paresthesia over antero-lateral aspect of her left thigh, which was consistent with m...

The term Restless legs syndrome [RLS] was introduced by my father Karl-Axel Ekbom [1]. For several years he had been greatly interested in diseases combined with paresthesia and pain, particularly in the extremities. In 1943 he encountered a peculiar and tormenting type of paresthesia deep in the legs which he had never heard of before. The sensory disturbances proved to be the main symptom of ...

Introduction.   Subcutaneous, occipital nerve stimulation has emerged as a potentially effective treatment modality for patients with refractory headache disorders. The purpose of this study was to document occipital stimulation characteristics in 10 patients status post implantation of an occipital nerve stimulator. Methods.   All possible electrode combinations were tested in each patient, an...

PURPOSE Lateral medullary infarction is not uncommon in clinical practice of neurology. This report describes a patient who initially presented with Brown-Séquard syndrome-like manifestation but was later diagnosed with acute infarction in the left lower lateral medulla. CASE REPORT A 65-year-old woman presented with acute onset of unsteadiness, left side hemiparesis, left limb dysmetria, lef...

Case presentation: EVMS, 7 years and 4 months old, started after symptoms of airway infection by the Sars Cov 2 virus with paresthesia pain in lower limbs. The condition persisted for more than 20 days progressive worsening, evolving to tactile, thermal, painful hypoesthesia from waist down. During entire evolution, patient maintained a preserved gait associated pruritus anal paresthesia. On ph...

Here a young patient (< 21 years of age) with a history of infective dermatitis is described. The patient was diagnosed with myelopathy associated with HTLV-1/tropical spastic paraparesis and treated with interferon beta-1a. The disease was clinically established as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), and laboratory tests confirmed the presence of antibodies to ...

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) in trials involving external stimulation are easily conducted under local anesthesia. However, implantation of a permanent SCS system is painful, and can be intolerable in some patients. Epidural anesthesia can be used to perform the SCS implantation without discomfort if the patient can localize the area of paresthesia. However, little is known about epidural anes...