We present a 47-year-old woman with a long history of anxiety and a more recent history of shock-like facial pain and episodes of laughter without any motivation. She could not explain the laughing bursts and did not have a sense of mirth preceding it. On neurological examination she presented a VI nerve palsy and trigeminal hypoesthesia (V2 and V3) on the right side. Magnetic resonance imaging...

A 27-year-old woman noticed diplopia when gazing left and paresthesia of the left face and headache of the left side for 8 months. Abduction and supraduction of the left eye were moderately restricted. Hypoesthesia of the face innervated by the ophthalmic branch of the left trigeminal nerve was detected. Visual disturbance due to optic neuropathy developed 5 months later. MRI with gadolinium re...

A 27-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with tetraparesis, dysesthesia and hypoesthesia of all regions below the breasts, urinary disturbance, and difficulty in breathing. Since age 21 idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was diagnosed and steroid therapy was continued. At age 26, she had splenectomy for her ITP. On admission, steroid pulse therapy was administered with a tentativ...

INTRODUÇÃO: A Síndrome do Túnel Cárpico é uma das neuropatias mais comuns em adultos, com impacto na funcionalidade e qualidade de vida. O tratamento conservador habitual tem um baixo nível evidência. Dados os seus efeitos antioxidantes, o Ácido Alfa-Lipoico sido usado no alívio sintomas défices neuropáticos, surgindo como potencial sintomático Cárpico. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar a eficácia da idiopáti...

Diabetic polyneuropathy is a complex set of clinical syndromes, which deplete various regions of the nervous system. The process leading to diabetic neuropathy is multi-factorial. Its symptoms are paresthesia, dysesthesia and pain. The signs of damage to the peripheral neurons are hypoesthesia, hypoalgesia, hyperesthesia and hyperalgesia, decreased tendon reflexes, and, possibly, weakness and m...

We present the rare case of solitary xanthogranuloma in the upper cervical column mimicking a Brown-Sequard syndrome. A 29-year-old man complained with right hemiparesis and left hypoesthesia after a car accident. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance images revealed a lobulated homogenously well-enhancing mass in between posterior arch of the atlas (C1) and spinous process of the axis (C2...

CONTEXT The musculocutaneous nerve is one of the terminal branches of the lateral fasciculus of the brachial plexus, and is responsible for innervation of the flexor musculature of the elbow and for skin sensitivity on the lateral surface of the forearm. Its absence has been described previously, but its real prevalence is unknown. CASE REPORT A case of absence of the musculocutaneous nerve t...

Sensation over the face was estimated using the Semmes-Weinstein's monofilament (target force 0-05 gms) in a cohort of multi-bacillary (MB) patients whose clinical and ocular characteristics were available at the time of leprosy diagnosis. Among the 190 MB patients examined, 56 (30%) had areas of sensory impairment somewhere on the face and 43 (23%) had sensory deficit over the lids and/or the ...

N. Montano, MD C.G. Nucci, MD F. Doglietto, MD A. Cianfoni, MD C. Lucantoni, MD P. De Bonis, MD G. Tamburrini, MD M. Visocchi, MD A 54-year-old woman with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, who had received a renal transplant 10 years previously, came to our attention for acute low back pain, associated with fecal and urinary incontinence. General examination was unremarkable. Neurol...

INTRODUCTION Castellvi Type III lumbosacral transitional vertebrae (LSTV) is an unusual case of Bertolotti's syndrome (BS) due to extraforaminal stenosis, especially manifesting in elderly patients. CASE REPORT We report a case of BS in a 62 years old Greek female. The signs of the clinical examination are low back pain, sciatica, hypoesthesia, and pain to the contribution of L5 nerve. Imagin...