A patient with motor conversion disorder presented with a functional paresis of the left hand. After exclusion of structural brain damage, she was repeatedly examined with whole-brain functional magnetic resonance imaging, while she performed visually paced finger-tapping tasks. The dorsal premotor cortex showed a bilateral deactivation in the acute-subacute phase. Recovery from unilateral hand...

OBJECTIVE To review a case series of patients with systemic neurodegenerative disease presenting to a laryngologist for workup of dysphonia and found to have bilateral vocal fold paresis. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Tertiary care voice center. PATIENTS Series of patients with neurodegenerative disorders examined for dysphonia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES History and physical examination inclu...

Introduction Carcinomas of the salivary glands represent a rare tumor group. The following is case hepatic metastatic carcinoma duct. patient presented due to indolent swelling left parotid gland with extension ipsilateral cervical lymph nodes and facial nerve paresis.

Stroke results in irreversible brain damage, with the type and severity of symptoms dependent upon the location and the amount of injured brain tissue. The most common neurological impairment caused by stroke is partial weakness, called paresis, reflecting a reduced general ability to voluntarily activate spinal motoneurons. In conjunction with the reduced ability to voluntarily activate spinal...