Neurological complications of immunizations have been recorded in the medical literature for many years, yet many physicians fail to recognize their clinical manifestations and identify their etiology. This is due in part to their rarity, and to the well-publicized, overriding public health benefits that make these complications easily overlooked. Yet they can be devastating despite the fact th...

A patient with acute neurological complications of sarcoidosis is described.

Cerebrovascular diseases (cerebral infarction, intracranial haemorrhage and vasculop‐ athy) are common manifestations of sickle cell disease (SCD) associated with significant morbidity and mortality. These neurological complications and potential corresponding neuropsychological compromise may have devastating consequences for a child with SCD. This chapter aims to review the neurological compl...

Accepted 3 October 1995 A 20-year-old girl presented with a three-year history of recurrent colicky abdominal pain associated with the passage of reddish urine. During the past three months she had also noticed progressive weakness and wasting of her right hand and forearm. There were no sensory symptoms. There was no history of photosensitivity or any skin changes. On examination she had wasti...

Impaired memory, slowed mental processing, depression, nerve entrapment syndromes, ataxia, muscle weakness and muscle cramps are the most common neurological symptoms which may be caused by hypothyroidism (Roberts et al, 2004). Disorders of the thyroid gland are among the most common endocrine maladies. Hypothyroidism is the most prevalent form of thyroid disease and symptoms may include memory...

This paper reviews the neurological complications of malaria. Cerebral malaria, the acute encephalopathy which complicates exclusively the infection by Plasmodium falciparum commonly affects children and adolescents in hyperendemic areas. Plugging of cerebral capillaries and venules by clumped, parasitized red blood cells causing blood sludging in the capillary circulation is one hypothesis to ...