OBJECTIVE To assess the static and dynamic balance performance of students with normal hearing and with sensorineural hearing loss. METHODS A cross-sectional study assessing 96 students, 48 with normal hearing and 48 with sensorineural hearing loss of both sexes, aged 7 and 18 years. To evaluate static balance, Romberg, Romberg-Barré and Fournier tests were used; and for the dynamic balance, ...

BACKGROUND Muscle atrophy and asymmetric extremity growth is a common feature of linear scleroderma (LS). Extra-cutaneous features are also common and primary neurologic involvement, with sympathetic dysfunction, may have a pathogenic role in subcutaneous and muscle atrophy. The aim was investigate nerve conduction and muscle involvement by electromyography in pediatric patients with LS. METH...

First described in 1907 by James Ramsay Hunt, Hunt syndrome is a recurrence (reactivation) of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) affecting the geniculate ganglion, secondary to decrease cell-mediated immunity. The strict definition peripheral facial nerve palsy accompanied erythematous vesicular rash on ear. We report 57-year-old female immunocompetent patient complaining otalgia, small vesicles Rams...

BACKGROUND Ataxic Guillain-Barré syndrome is characterised by profound ataxia with negative Romberg sign and no ophthalmoplegia. Its nosological relationship to acute sensory ataxic neuropathy has yet to be discussed. METHODS Medical records were reviewed of patients suffering acute ataxia and reduced muscle stretch reflexes but without external ophthalmoplegia. Clinical features and laborato...

A 52-year-old man experienced fever, sore throat, and rhinorrhea for several days. Some days after resolution he developed dizziness, paresthesia on the hands, and unsteady gait. Ocular movement was not limited. His gait was ataxic and no limb weakness on Romberg sign was evident. Muscle stretch reflexes were absent. Acute cerebellar ataxia was suspected. Anti-GQ1b antibody, however, was detect...