Localized scleroderma is a rare disease, characterized by sclerotic lesions. A variety of presentations have been described, with different clinical characteristics and specific prognosis. In scleroderma en coup de sabre (LScs) the atrophic lesion in frontoparietal area is the disease hallmark. Skin and subcutaneous are the mainly affected tissues, but case reports of muscle, cartilage, and bon...

OBJECTIVE To alert pediatricians to the neurologic consequences of toxocariasis and to describe the first pediatric case of neurotoxocariasis with concomitant cerebral, cerebellar and peripheral nervous system involvement. DESCRIPTION We report a case of neurotoxocariasis in a previously healthy 5-year-old boy with unusual symptoms and multi-site involvement of both the central and peripheral...

A detailed description of the types of Gaucher’s is beyond the scope of this paper. Classicall3~ three types are described. Type 2, acute neurologic, is usually fatal in infancy with an average age at death of 18 months.2 Type 3, chronic neurologic, usually presents during childhood with diffuse progressive neurologic symptoms. There is a distinct subgroup whose sole neurological defect is a la...

Neurologic complications associated with dengue fever are in general unusual. However, recent reports evidence more frequent neurologic alterations. In Mexico, neurologic involvement has not been reported in dengue cases. This report demonstrates the detection of dengue virus in the brain of a fatal case of dengue hemorrhagic fever. Serotype 4 was detected by immunohistochemistry and by RT-PCR ...

The spine is the most common site of skeletal metastases with its involvement occurring in up to 40% of patients. Metastatic spinal involvement can cause a number of sequelae like pain, instability and neurologic compression. About 10% of patients with involvement of the vertebral column will subsequently develop neurologic compression.The metastatic spinal lesions mostly affect the vertebral b...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical presentation and unique neurologic manifestations of sandfly viruses (SFVs) in the Jerusalem area. METHODS We identified all patients with acute seroconversion to SFV at the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centers during the years 2008-2013 and retrospectively collected and analyzed the clinical and imaging data. RESULTS Nine patients (ranging from 1.5 ...

Neurologic involvement has been described in 5% of patients with sarcoidosis; however, direct granulomatous involvement limited to the optic nerve but not involving the chiasm is rare. We describe two patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis; the fat-suppressed gadolinium-enhanced MR findings showed sarcoid involvement limited to the optic nerves.

INTRODUCTION Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic inflammatory disease with myriad clinical manifestations. Neurologic involvement in sarcoidosis is uncommon. Peripheral neuropathic presentations include mononeuropathy, mononeuritis multiplex, and generalized sensory, motor, autonomic, and sensorimotor polyneuropathies. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of carpal tunnel syndrome caused by sarcoido...