A STRIKING, characteristic, electrocardiographic pattern associated with central nervous system (CNS) lesions, particularly subarachnoid hemorrhage, has been described.1-3 The combination of prolonged Q-T interval and large upright or deeply inverted T waves was originally described in association with cerebrovascular accidents and has come to be recognized as the typical CNS electrocardiogram....

OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence and characteristics of patients with structural central nervous system (CNS) lesions and cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal IgG bands. DESIGN A retrospective study. METHOD The medical records of patients with cerebrospinal fluid oligoclonal IgG bands were evaluated for the presence of structural CNS lesions, their location and cause, and for clinical char...

To date, there is no accepted highly specific pattern for the detection of multiple sclerosis. Correct diagnosis particularly difficult in situations where an atypical clinical picture disease observed or nonstandard neuroimaging patterns are detected. Therefore, scientific community has high hopes discovery new markers that will allow clarification controversial cases. Currently, a lot researc...

Central nervous system (CNS) toxoplasmosis is a well-known opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS. Spinal cord involvement and brain hemorrhage are very infrequent manifestations of CNS toxoplasmosis. In this report, we describe patient unknown AIDS presenting bilateral headaches new onset leg weakness, diagnosed CSF polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for T. gondii, associated spinal (a cen...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE MR findings in CNS vasculitis and their correlation with angiography have not been clearly defined. We therefore explored three hypotheses regarding CNS vasculitis associated with autoimmune disease: 1) MR imaging is highly sensitive; 2) a typical MR appearance exists; and, 3) MR and angiographic findings correlate well. METHODS We studied 18 patients with CNS vasculiti...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE It may be challenging to differentiate primary CNS lymphomas, especially primary CNS lymphomas with atypical MR features, from tumefactive demyelinating lesions by the use of conventional MR. This study aimed to investigate the usefulness of (1)H-MR spectroscopy for making this discrimination. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-four patients with primary CNS lymphomas and 21 w...

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a prevalent parasitic infection of the central nervous system (CNS) caused by Taenia solium larvae. It commonly found in developing countries with high incidence both NCC and CNS tuberculosis. In cases where patients have history pulmonary tuberculosis, lesions arising from can be misdiagnosed as tuberculomas. Furthermore, when papilledema (a sign raised intracranial...

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis described in 1930 by Jakob Erdheim and William Chester; it presents as multisystemic entity that forms xanthogranulomas, foamy histiocytes surrounded fibrotic tissue. Lesions are commonly located long bones, central nervous system (CNS), cardiovascular system, lungs, kidneys, skin. The CNS involved approximately 50% of ca...