abstract background: a tumefactive lesion of central nervous system (cns) is defined as a mass-like lesion with a size greater than 2 cm in brain (magnetic resonance imaging) mri. neuroimaging may help to distinguish the nature of a tumefactive lesion and therefore can prevent an unnecessary brain biopsy. method: in this paper, we have emphasized on determining the nature of a cns tumefactive l...

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common disorder of dementia, which has not been cured after its occurrence. AD progresses indiscernible, first destroy the structure of the brain and subsequently becomes clinically evident. Therefore, the timely and correct diagnosis of these structural changes in the brain is very important and it can prevent the disease or stop its progress. N...

Normal Pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is characterized by gait apraxia, urinary incontinence, and dementia. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that has never been reported to cause NPH. Our patient was a 67-year man with a one-year history of gradual worsening gait and balance, urinary urgency with urge incontinence and decreased short-term memory. P...

Background: Stroke is known to be the third most prominent cause of death in the developing countries and the most common debilitating neurologic disease. This study aimed to investigate the association of platelet count (PC) and mean platelet volume (MPV) index with various stroke types. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on patients over the age of 18 years who presented wit...

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, and inflammatory nervous system disease. It leads to the loss of myelin in the white matter of brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. As a chronic disease with sudden and unpredictable Side effects and complications of the disease will lead to disability and dependency in life. Causes neurologic symptoms and sig. The purpose of the p...

how to cite this article: sanyal sh, duraisamy sh, garga chu. mri brain in evaluation of floppy children: a case series. iran j child neurol. autumn 2015; 9(4): 65-74. abstract objective hypotonia is a common clinical entity well recognized in pediatric age group, which demands experienced clinical assessment and an extensive array of investigations to establish the underlying disease process. ...

background: multiple sclerosis (ms) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease  that affects  the  central  nervous system. except tremor, other movement disorders such as parkinsonism are less frequent  in ms. however, some investigations  have shown inflammatory and autoimmune aspects of parkinson’s disease. in this study, we report eight new cases of ms who present parkinson’s disease. methods:  ...

Novel coronavirus causes the outbreak of COVID-19. There is still no verified treatment regimen against this novel virus; however, different drugs and compounds have been tested against it. Ample proposals have led to a good understanding of pathogenesis and drug efficacy against the novel virus disease. Excess systemic inflammation, which is described as cytokine storm, in the severe cases of ...

background and purpose: cancer and cerebrovascular accidents (cva) are two most common causes of mortality and morbidity in the elderly. patients with brain tumor can be highly affected by postsurgical stroke. cva may be the first manifestation in these patients . therefore, we aimed to assess the epidemiological factors affecting cva after brain surgery. methods: in this cross-sectional study ...