Central nervous system symptoms in patients with primary Sjogren`s syndrome are rare. They can present as extraglandular manifestations and require a differential diagnosis from multiple sclerosis. Due to a variety of presentations, Sjogren`s syndrome with neurologic involvement may be difficult to diagnose. Here, we report a case of a 75-year-old woman who was first diagnosed with multiple scl...

We describe two patients who displayed unusual neurologic manifestations associated with reactivation of latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. The patients included a 34-year-old woman who suffered from meningoencephalitis presenting with symptoms identical to those of transient global amnesia, and a 57-year-old man with jumbling phenomenon and gait ataxia. The protean neurologic manifesta...

When listing common clinical signs of the spectra of Leishmania-derived diseases, neurologic malfunctions are not commonly included. Despite this, there are multiple reported instances both in human and veterinary medicine where neurologic manifestations, whether central or peripheral, are described. In this review, we describe neurologic manifestations seen during infection with Leishmania spp...

Background To investigate the effect of pre-existing neurological symptoms and disease in coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) health outcomes a large Illinois-based cohort. Method A multicenter retrospective study analyzed differences cohort COVID-19 positive patients with without baseline or admitted to RUSH University Systems for Health from March November 2020. We measured sex outcome hospitalizatio...

Background: Many diseases present with both neurologic and dermatologic manifestations. Eight such clinical cases are presented, along with clinical photographs of the skin lesions, in the format of a self-evaluation. Each case is followed by a discussion and a brief review of the characteristic cutaneous and neurologic findings. The intent is to demonstrate classic dermatologic manifestations ...

A 22-year-old woman with type I Ehlers-Danlos syndrome had severe radicular pain in the lower back. A laterally herniated lumbar disk was seen on myelography. Pain and walking improved after lumbar laminectomy. A chronic focal seizure disorder was associated with CT evidence of a congenital structural defect of the brain.