Neurological disorders caused by Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are rarely reported in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) period. The objective of this study was to describe the main clinical and laboratory features of patients with CMV-related neurological complications in HIV-infected patients admitted to a referral center in São...

PURPOSE To search for a probable source of the recurrent signs and symptoms associated with lumbosacral postsurgical syndrome on intravenous gadolinium-enhanced MR. METHODS A retrospective study of 120 patients with recurrent symptomatology following lumbar disk surgery was carried out with spin-echo MR pre- and postenhancement with gadopentetate dimeglumine (0.1 mmol/kg). In addition, 10 asy...

BACKGROUND Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute,fatal, but treatable polyradiculopathy. Clinical data concerning this entity is scarce in Thailand The purpose of the present study was to describe clinical profiles and management of GBS as well as to determine prognostic factors in GBS. MATERIAL AND METHOD Clinical data of GBS in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital during 2002-2007 were ...

OBJECTIVE Tandem cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis (TSS) is classically described as intermittent claudication, gait disturbance, and clinical findings of mixed myelopathy and polyradiculopathy. Rarely, patients can present with TSS manifesting in isolated lumbar pain. Several reports have demonstrated improved lumbar back pain and radiculopathy after decompressive cervical spine procedures. ...

Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) is a post-infectious acute autoimmune polyradiculopathy. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) total protein level and plasma neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) are related with autoimmune response. We aimed to reach a prognostic indicator for GBS by using electrophysiological findings, protein level of CSF, and plasma NLR based on Medical Research Council (MRC) sum score data....

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AIMS Although several stimulation techniques are available to elicit sacral reflexes, no comparative data on their utility has been published. The aim of the present study was to determine the most sensitive stimulation technique used for neurophysiologic recording of the penilo-cavernosus reflex. METHODS Neurophysiologic measurement of the penilo-cavernosus reflex on single and double pulse ...

Paragangliomas of the cauda equina are rare neuroepithelial tumors, usually manifesting clinically as sciatica. Here, we report a case of cauda equina paraganglioma with an unusual course in a 43-year-old man. His main complaints were erectile and sphincter dysfunction. The low back pain was initially ascribed to accidental injury. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed intradural tumor at the L2/...

BACKGROUND Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare neurologic complication of lumbar herniated disc for which emergency surgical decompression should be undertaken. Despite the common belief that the restoration of functions that are affected by CES can take several years postoperatively, follow up seldom exceeds the first year after surgery. Long term outcome of especially micturition, defecatio...