Case presentation: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculopathy that occurs frequently following infectious diseases, which can lead to immune response nerve antigens, resulting in demyelination and/or axonal damage. Below, we will report 4 clinical cases of GBS associated with previous SARS-Cov-2 pediatric patients. One patient was diagnosed COVID by PCR testing and three serolo...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) causes five distinct neurological syndromes in patients with AIDS: retinitis, myelitis/polyradiculopathy, encephalitis with dementia, ventriculoencephalitis, and mononeuritis multiplex. The clinical syndromes associated with CMV ventriculoencephalitis and diffuse encephalitis in patients with AIDS have only recently been clearly described despite the fact that multiple neu...

Sequestered disc fragments typically occur ventrally but can also migrate dorsally or intradurally. At times, atypical disc herniations can be misinterpreted on imaging as other lesions, such as neoplasms, hematomas, or abscesses. We present an uncommon case of a patient presenting with cauda equina syndrome secondary to an enhancing sequestered disc fragment mimicking a tumor.

Four cases of cauda equina syndrome occurring after continuous spinal anesthesia are reported. In all four cases, there was evidence of a focal sensory block and, to achieve adequate analgesia, a dose of local anesthetic was given that was greater than that usually administered with a single-injection technique. We postulate that the combination of maldistribution and a relatively high dose of ...

This group of articles looks at the BASS guidelines for CES. TG and AC gave us the background on the long journey taken in publishing this, SA summarized the forum discussion on the BASS Web site, and NT gave us a medicolegal comment. The guidelines are concise, highlighting the need for prompt MRI scanning and as a consequence emergency surgery in appropriate cases. This has resource implicati...

We report a case of a 44-year-old patient with paralysis of the left leg who had a thoracic epidural catheterization after general anesthesia for abdominal surgery. Sensory losses below T10 and motor weakness of the left leg occurred after the surgery. Magnetic resonance image study demonstrated a well-defined intramedullary linear high signal intensity lesion on T2-weighted image and low-signa...