within the right MCA territory on T 2 -weighted images ( fig. 1 c). Diffusion tensor imaging demonstrated fiber discontinuation within the posteromedial part of the posterior limb of the right internal capsule, when fibers passing through the anterolateral part were relatively spared ( fig. 1 g–j). A 65-year-old man, known for active cigarette smoking, suddenly developed, shortly after awakenin...

Case summary A 14-year-old female spayed Abyssinian cat, which about 1 year previously underwent thoracic limb amputation, radiotherapy and chemotherapy for an incompletely excised vaccine-related fibrosarcoma, was presented for evaluation of corneal opacity in the left eye (OS). The ocular surface of both eyes (OU) had a lackluster appearance and there was a stromal corneal ulcer OS. Results o...

Case presentation: A previously healthy 12 year-old male presented to our tertiary emergency care with classic meningoencephalitis symptoms and paraparesis, urinary retention, facial nerve palsy, lagophtalmos, abducens oculomotor palsy hypoesthesia secondary sinusitis complications. These were intracranial lesions, multiple ischemic subcortical areas myelitis. The diagnosis was made through cli...

BACKGROUND Patients presenting with bilateral trigeminal hypoesthesia may go on to have trigeminal isolated sensory neuropathy, a benign, purely trigeminal neuropathy, or facial-onset sensory motor neuronopathy (FOSMN), a malignant life-threatening condition. No diagnostic criteria can yet differentiate the two conditions at their onset. Nor is it clear whether the two diseases are distinct ent...

BACKGROUND To diagnose sensory abnormalities, patient values can be compared with values of the general population (absolute approach) or to values measured at contralateral homologous skin (relative approach). The current study gives normal values for both approaches and compares the advantages of each method by applying the technique to patients with complex regional pain syndrome type I (CRP...

Buruli ulcer is a chronic skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, which produces a toxic lipid mycolactone. Despite the extensive necrosis and tissue damage, the lesions are painless. This absence of pain prevents patients from seeking early treatment and, as a result, many patients experience severe sequelae, including limb amputation. We have reported that mice inoculated with M. ulcer...

A 52-year-old white male presented with an acute onset of slurred speech along with hypoesthesia in the entire left arm. The acute computed tomography (CT) showed relative hypodensity in the intracranial segment of left vertebral artery (VA) that was not present in historical images, pointing to the possible lack of flow. The site of occlusion was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) t...

Vestibular Shwannomas are responsible for 80-90% of the cerebelar-pontine angle tumors and their incidence is of 0.8 to 20.5% of all tumors. Unilateral and progressive hearing loss is the most frequent and premature symptom, and tinnitus is the second most common complaint. Only 5% of the patients have normal audiograms. In this case the patient complained of ipsilateral facial numbness and wea...

Background: Few reports represent palmar cutaneous nerve neuropathy in the wrist due to a ganglion cyst. Case Presentation: A 25-year-old female was presented with a mass at volar side of the wrist and hypoesthesia at the base of thenar eminence. At ulrasonographic examination, a simple cyst was detected. Sensory response of palmar cutaneous branch of median nerve was absent at the affected sid...